April, 2001. Presenters: Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom. Dr. Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom led this special offering for AI consultants to learn to apply Appreciative Inquiry to large system organization change for accelerated and substantiated business results. Additional ways to apply the 4-D process, creating new applications by building on the experience and engagements represented in the room were explored. Participants left the workshop with a heightened ability to apply AI theory, an enhanced capacity to design and lead whole system AI initiatives, and a deeper understanding of Social Construction theory as the intellectual foundation of AI. Dr. Kenneth Gergen, Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College, and a leading scholar in Social Construction, was a guest speaker and provided perspective on the theoretical foundations of AI. Dr. Gergen is one of the founding members of The Taos Institute, along with Diana Whitney, David Cooperrider and others.