| High Hope in the Himalayas:
A 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Her Work With Appreciative Inquiry
This current commentary on AI is written by my son Daniel Cooperrider and his college friend Amit Kovoor. Their piece-- "High Hope in the Himalayas: A Positive Approach to Peace" is about the important role that Appreciative Inquiry has played in the life and leadership development of Chhing Lamu Sherpa, recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005.
Chhing Lamu Sherpa, has created an approach to peace and economic development called Appreciative Planning and Action--first introduced by a great colleague and international development specialist Mac Odell. In future commentaries we will go into the fuller story of AI in Nepal as we are preparing for an national summit on September 9-11, 2005.
Daniel and Amit are in Nepal as we speak, and as you will see in their poetic piece, they are inspired by the people, the culture, and the rich possiblities of AI in arenas of high conflict. Daniel and Amit are University of Chicago students doing an internship with an amazing team of AI colleagues in Kathmandu --people like Dhruba Acharyas, Buddhi Tamang, Ganapati Ojha, Hari Chandra Lamichhane, and Chandi Champagain. We will showcase their courageous and significant work in an upcoming piece.
View this commentary as an introduction to the work in Nepal and hear how Appreciative Inquiry helped strengthen the approach of this wonderful peace-builder and recent Nobel Prize nominee, Chhing Lamu Sherpa.
David Cooperrider
Read commentary by Daniel Cooperrider and Philip T. Kovoor
Additional Resources:
AI in Nepal - an article from The Kathmandu Post
August 2005 News Release
Declaration After 2005 Summit
Imagine Nepal Summit Online Brochure
Invitation to Summit
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Commentaries
Going Green Maximum Velocity through AI's Sustainable
Design Factory
March, 2008
Aiming Higher with Appreciative Inquiry: Building
on our Collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact
February, 2006
David Cooperrider's Foreword to Appreciative
Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn
November, 2005
High Hope in the Himalayas: A 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Her Work With Appreciative Inquiry
September, 2005
The United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit
February, 2005
"Blessed is this peacemaker"
January, 2005
New Publications on AI: Forewards by David Cooperrider
February, 2004
Business as an Agent of World Benefit - Replay video
October, 2003
Peter Drucker’s Advice for Us on the New Ai Project: Business as an Agent of World Benefit
March, 2003
The Birth of the AI Commons
October, 2001 |
