Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the appreciative inquiry change methodology and to demonstrate how it can be applied to a specific work challenge. Design/methodology/approach – This paper first explains the appreciative inquiry method and gives an account of how the...

Positive Psychology and Changeexplores how areas of positive psychology such as strengths, flow, and psychological capital can be applied to the everyday challenges of leading a dynamic and adaptive work community, and how collaborative group approaches to transformational change can be combined...

About the author -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The legacy of twentieth century idea about organisational change -- The challenge of leadership -- Helping people engage positively with imposed change -- How the methodologies described later approach organisations and change --...

Cover -- Co-Design, Volume I: Practical Ideas for Learning Across Complex Systems -- Contents -- Series Introduction -- Introduction: Why Should You Read This Book? -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: Revisiting Learning -- Why Are We Writing about Learning? -- Why Is Learning Important? -- What Is...

Cover -- Co-Design, Volume III: Practical Ideas for Developing Across Complex Systems -- Contents -- Series Introduction -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: Purposing -- What's the Big Idea? -- Background -- The Idea -- Why Is Purposing Important? -- What Are the Implications for...