David Cooperrider, Ph.D., a founder and board member of the Taos Institute, and is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Dr. Cooperrider is widely recognized as the "thought leader" of Appreciative Inquiry, a body of work that focuses on developing an organization's positive core to inspire collaborative action that serves the whole system. AI is today's most recognized name describing the powerful new paradigm for strength-based organizational transformation and has been recognized as the most innovative approach in organizational development in the last decade. University of Michigan Professor Robert Quinn , in his acclaimed book Change the World writes: " Appreciative Inquiry is currently revolutionizing the field of organizational development."

Dr. Cooperrider was named a "Top Ten Visionary" by Training Magazine in 2000 and is the 2004 recipient of ASTD's Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance award. He has written over 50 articles and eight books in the areas of leading change. His exciting work has been cited in Fast Company , Forbes , Fortune , The New York Times and many other publications. He has lectured and taught at Stanford University , MIT, University of Chicago , Pepperdine University , Cambridge , and others.

Among his highest honors, His Holiness the Dalai Lama invited David to design a series of dialogues among 25 of the world's top religious leaders. Additionally, in 2004, the United Nations sought out Professor Cooperrider's expertise to facilitate a meeting of 500 invited world leaders, company CEOs, heads of international labor and civil society organizations for the Global Compact Leaders Summit to promote U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of responsible global corporate citizenship. Dr. Cooperrider serves as adviser to many organizations including Yellow Roadway Corporation, the U.S. Navy, the EPA's Office of Research and Development, Parker-Hannifin, Green Mountain Coffee, and the American Red Cross.

Dr. Cooperrider has published seven books and authored over 40 articles and book chapters. Cooperrider's most recent volumes include Collaborating for Change : Appreciative Inquiry (coauthored with Diana Whitney, Berrett-Kohler 1999); No Limits to Cooperation: The Organization Dimensions of Global Change (coauthored with Jane Dutton, Sage Publications 1999); Organizational Wisdom and Executive Courage (coauthored with Suresh Srivastva, Lexington Books 1998); and Appreciative Leadership and Management (coauthored with Suresh Srivastva, Williams Custom Publishing 1999 ); Global and International Organizational Development (coauthored with Peter Sorenson, Stipes Pub Llc. 2004 ). David has been named editor of a new Sage Publication Book Series on the Human Dimensions of Global Change and an academic book series Advances in Appreciative Inquiry (with Michel Avital) published by Elsevier Science.

David lives in Chagrin Falls , Ohio with his wife Nancy, an artist. His daughter Hannah is in school at Miami University of Ohio and son Matt is in school at Case Western Reserve University and his oldest son Daniel is a graduate from the University of Chicago.

Address: Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44206-7235, office (216) 368-2121, fax (216) 368-4785, (216) 368-2005, home office: (440) 338-1546. Email: david.cooperrider@case.edu; webpage: http://weatherhead.cwru.edu/wsom/profiles/cooperriderd.html

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