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MAY EVENING PROGRAM

Appreciative Intelligence

Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Location:   George Mason University Arlington Campus
                   Original Building Room 329
                   Arlington, Virginia

Time: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Networking and Light Supper
6:30-8:30 p.m. Evening Program

Tojo's interview - click here

Program Description

“Appreciative Intelligence and Innovation”

Innovation is the primary driver of success for nations and organizations. Countries with high innovation capabilities produce new services and products and lead the global economy. Cities with high creativity have become the engine for economic growth in many nations. Such innovation capabilities diffuse to the firm level as well creating organizations with high and low innovation capabilities in the same sector and geography. What accounts for their differences? In this workshop, international consultant, educator, and well-known author Tojo Thatchenkery will demonstrate that at the individual level, a newly identified intelligence called Appreciative Intelligence can contribute to innovation. Appreciative Intelligence is the ability to reframe a given situation to recognize the positive possibilities embedded in it but is not apparent to the untrained eye, and to act purposively to unfold the desired outcomes from the generative aspects of the current situation. A term coined by this speaker and the title of a book chosen by Harvard Business Review for its 2006 Reading List, Appreciative Intelligence is directly relevant for developing innovation, entrepreneurship, new businesses, and leadership. The workshop will demonstrate specific methods for identifying participants’ Appreciative Intelligence and developing it using existing resources in the organization.

Biography

Tojo Thatchenkery
www.appreciativeintelligence.com

Tojo Thatchenkery (Ph.D. Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University) is Professor of Organization Development and Knowledge Management at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia. He is also a member of the NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science (www.ntl.org) and the Taos Institute (www.taosinstitute.net ). His recent books include Appreciative Inquiry and Knowledge Management: A Social Constructionist Perspective (2007), Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn (Harvard Business Review 2006 Reading List), and Appreciative Sharing of Knowledge: Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change (2005). Dr. Thatchenkery has also researched contemporary themes such as technological culture and globalization which resulted in another book, Information Communication Technology and Economic Development: Learning from the Indian Experience (2006).

Dr. Thatchenkery has extensive consulting experience in change management, organization development, and knowledge management. Past and current clients include IBM, Fannie Mae, Booz Allen Hamilton, PNC Bank, Lucent Technologies, General Mills, British Petroleum, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, United States Department of Agriculture, EPA, and the Tata Consulting Services.

Dr. Thatchenkery has over twenty years of experience in teaching at various Public Policy, MBA, Organization Development, and executive programs in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He founded the Masters in New Professional Studies program at George Mason University (with Professor Hugh Sockett) and served as its director since its inception in 1995 until 2001. He also founded the Organizational Learning Laboratory at the George W. Johnson Learning Center and served as its director from 1995 to 2000. During this time the facility was featured as one of the leading laboratories for organizational learning and knowledge management by the Academy of Management and the Project Management Journal and served clients such as Fannie Mae.

Dr. Thatchenkery's research has been funded by agencies such as the United States National Science Foundation and the U.S. National Security Agency. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences and the Journal of Organizational Change Management. Dr. Thatchenkery is also the book review editor of the Journal of Organizational Change Management and the past Program Chair of the Research Methods Division of the 17000-member strong Academy of Management.

Register
Register online, or to pay by check, download a registration form and mail to CBODN, 4227 46th Street NW, Washington, DC 20016.

Registration Fee	Before May 27	At the Door
CBODN Members	$35	$45
Non-Members/Guests	$45	$55
*Note: Member rates also apply to BWPLC partners*

For registration questions, please contact Sheila Summers:

For more information on the program, please contact program co-chair Kat Morgan.

Directions to Northern Virginia location
Use the following map and click on Arlington campus: http://www.gmu.edu/welcome/Directions-to-GMU.html

Cancellation Policy
Cancel by May 20, 2008 to receive a full refund of registration fee. Sorry, no refunds can be given after that date due to commitment to caterer and facility.

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