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We have reached the end of problem solving as a mode of inquiry capable of inspiring, mobilizing, and sustaining human system change. The future of Organziation Development belongs to methods that affirm, compel, and accelerate anticipatory learning involving larger and larger levels of collectivity.
David L. Cooperrider
Postmodern Principles and Practices for Large Scale Oganization Change and Global Cooperation 1996
This quote was taken from a paper was written by Diana Whitney and published in the OD Journal, vol.14, No. 4, Winter 1996. It was reprinted in the book Appreciative Inquiry: Rethinking Human Organization Toward a Positive Theory of Change, edited by Cooperrider, Sorensen, Whitney and Yaeger, Stipes Publishing, Champaign, IL.
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