Appreciative Inquiry

The Authors

David L. Cooperrider

David L. Cooperrider is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. He is past President of the National Academy of Management’s OD Division and has lectured and taught at Stanford, University of Chicago, Katholieke University in Belgium, MIT, University of Michigan, Cambridge, and others.

David serves as researcher and advisor to a wide variety of organizations, including Yellow Roadway Corp., Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, McCann-Erickson, Nutrimental Foods, World Vision, Cleveland Clinic, American Red Cross, and United Way of America. Most of the projects are inspired by Appreciative Inquiry. His founding work ...