FRONT COVER -- ORGANIZATIONAL GENERATIVITY: THE APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY SUMMIT AND A SCHOLARSHIP OF TRANSFORMATION -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- PART 1: GENERATIVE KNOWLEDGE, GENERATIVE ACTION -- A CONTEMPORARY COMMENTARY ON APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY IN ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE -- INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTICLE AND COMMENTARY -- CONTEMPORARY COMMENTARY REFERENCES -- THE PROCESS OF GENERATIVE INQUIRY -- INTRODUCTION -- TOWARD GENERATIVE THEORY IN ACTION-RESEARCH -- ESTABLISHING A PERCEPTUAL AND CONTEXTUAL FRAME -- PROVIDING PRESUMPTIONS OF LOGIC -- TRANSMITTING A SYSTEM OF VALUES -- CREATING A GROUP-BUILDING LANGUAGE -- EXTENDING VISIONS OF POSSIBILITY -- REAWAKENING THE SPIRIT OF ACTION-RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE -- GENERATIVE PROCESS, GENERATIVE OUTCOME: THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POTENTIAL OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY -- WHY DO WE NEED SCHOLARS? -- DEFINING GENERATIVITY AS GUIDING VALUE -- THE EXPERIENCE OF GENERATIVITY IN LIFE AND INQUIRY -- ADVANCING AN APPRECIATIVE SCHOLARSHIP OF TRANSFORMATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE GENERATIVE ARCHETYPES OF IDEA WORK -- WHAT IS GENERATIVITY? -- HOW IS GENERATIVITY RELATED TO THE POSITIVE? -- PROMOTING GENERATIVITY IN APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- THE GENERATIVE POTENTIAL OF CYNICAL CONVERSATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND AND ASPIRATIONS -- THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS -- THE GENERATIVE ARCHETYPES OF IDEA WORK -- DIALECTICS OF GENERATIVE ARCHETYPES OF IDEA WORK -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE LANGUAGE OF CHANGE: GENERATIVITY IN DIALOGICAL PROCESSES -- THE GENERATIVE POTENTIAL OF CYNICAL CONVERSATIONS -- AN INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN -- VALUING THE CYNICAL PERSPECTIVE -- ANALOGIC INQUIRY -- APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY ENCOURAGES GENERATIVITY -- REFERENCES.

TRANSCENDING THE POLARITY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW IN APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY: AN APPRECIATIVE EXPLORATION OF PRACTICE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHANGING CHANGE CONCEPTS -- SPEECH, ACT, AND DIALOGUE -- MAKING A DIFFERENCE -- ORGANIZATION-IN-THE-MIND -- TIME IN THE MIND: CONCEPTS OF CAUSALITY AND CHANGE -- NEW ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CHANGE AS GENERATIVE DIALOGUE -- SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES -- IN PRACTICE -- REFERENCES -- PART 2: THE APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY SUMMIT AND THE GENERATIVE POWER OF WHOLE SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS -- THE SPARK, THE FLAME, AND THE TORCH: THE POSITIVE ARC OF SYSTEMIC STRENGTHS IN THE APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY DESIGN SUMMIT -- CREATING A CLIMATE OF ACCEPTANCE FOR THE SHADOW -- APPRECIATIVELY SUPPORTING EMERGENCE OF THE SHADOW -- EXPLORING THE BEAUTY OF THE SHADOW -- UNLEASHING THE MAGIC OF AFFIRMATIVE COMPETENCE -- LIBERATING POETRY WITHIN THE PLAY OF SHADOW AND LIGHT -- DEVELOPING ECOLOGICAL COMPETENCE -- REFERENCES -- THE EXPONENTIAL INQUIRY EFFECT MAGNIFIED: THE NEW AI SUMMIT IN A TECHNOLOGICALLY CONNECTED WORLD -- A SPOTLIGHT ON JENNIFFER'S STORY -- THE FIVE GENERATIVITY FACTORS -- WE NEED THEORY AND RESEARCH ON THE STAGES OF LARGE GROUP DYNAMICS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: SOURCES OF CASE STUDY DATA -- STRATEGIC CONVENING FOR GENERATIVE IMPACT: ENABLING SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR WIKI-WORLD -- A TALE OF THREE SUMMITS -- PRINCIPLES OF WIKINOMICS AND AI SUMMITS -- REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES -- REFERENCES -- COLLECTIVE ACTUALIZATION: AN INTERPRETATION OF ROGERS' NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CASE OF NATIONAL GRID -- IMPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S. UTILITY INDUSTRY -- HOW TO LEAD THE WAY -- NOTES -- COLLECTIVE ACTUALIZATION -- A THEORY OF CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY -- GREEN TODAY, GROWTH TOMORROW: A COMMUNITY AI SUMMIT -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES.

ENSURING GENERATIVITY BEYOND THE AI SUMMIT EVENT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR DESIGNING AN AI SUMMIT AND ADVANCING POST-SUMMIT MOMENTUM -- INTRODUCTION -- DETERMINING FIT -- PREPARING THE ORGANIZATION -- DESIGNING AND PLANNING THE SUMMIT -- CUSTOMIZING THE SUMMIT APPROACH -- SUSTAINING POST-SUMMIT MOMENTUM -- CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: SAMPLE SUMMIT SUPPLIES LIST AND ROOM SET-UP DETAILS -- PART 3: NURTURING THE FUTURE THROUGH GENERATIVE DYNAMICS -- EXPLORING TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION THROUGH A WORLD INQUIRY -- THE TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION OF BUSINESS AS AN AGENT OF WORLD BENEFIT WORLD INQUIRY -- THE WORLD INQUIRY -- GENERATIVE OUTCOMES AS A FUNCTION OF BUSINESS AS AN AGENT OF BENEFIT -- GENERATIVE DIMENSIONS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL INNOVATION -- IMPLICATIONS FOR GENERATIVITY -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- THE GENERATIVE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION -- MONDRAGON CORPORACION COOPERATIVA: ENJOINING BUSINESS AND SOCIAL GOOD -- METHODOLOGICAL STANCE: AI AS A FOUNDATION FOR CRITICAL REFLECTION -- GENERATIVE ORGANIZING: PROPOSITIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GENERATIVE MOBILIZATION: APPRECIATIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS -- THREE CASES OF MOBILIZATION -- ATTRIBUTES OF APPRECIATIVE MOVEMENTS -- THE POTENTIAL OF APPRECIATIVE MOBILIZATION -- REFERENCES -- THE EVOLUTION OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY: A NOVEL APPROACH IN THE MAKING -- PHASE ONE: A STRENGTHS-BASED APPROACH FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE -- PHASE TWO: WHOLE SYSTEM DIALOGUE ENABLED BY THE APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY SUMMIT -- PHASE THREE - GENERATING SUSTAINABLE VALUE -- THE NEXT PHASE: W-HOLISTIC APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- APPRECIATIVE INTELLIGENCE AND GENERATIVITY: A CASE STUDY OF ROCKY FLATS NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITY CLEANUP -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NATURE OF APPRECIATIVE INTELLIGENCE.

LINKAGE BETWEEN APPRECIATIVE INTELLIGENCE AND GENERATIVITY -- CASE STUDY: HOW THE COMPETENCIES AND QUALITIES OF APPRECIATIVE INTELLIGENCE LED TO GENERATIVITY AT ROCKY FLATS -- CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- THE MACON MIRACLE: THE MAGIC OF INTERGENERATIONAL DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- AN INVITATION TO GENERATE A NEW SYSTEM: THE SUMMIT -- THE GENERATIVE DANCE: LIVING INTO A NEW DESIGN -- RESISTANCE AND REFLECTION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INTERGENERATIONAL APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY: CARING FOR THE FUTURE TOGETHER -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERGENERATIONAL INQUIRY -- INTERGENERATIONAL GENERATIVITY -- INTERGENERATIONAL APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY -- REFERENCES.