About the Authors

TOJO THATCHENKERY
Tojo Thatchenkery, Ph.D., is Professor of Organization Development and Knowledge Management at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. He is also a member of the NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science and the Taos Institute. He has over twenty years of experience in teaching at various MBA, Public Policy, Organizational Development, and executive programs in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

Tojo founded the Organizational Learning Laboratory at the George W. Johnson Learning Center at George Mason University and served as its director from 1995 to 2000. His research has been funded by agencies such as the United States National Science Foundation and the U.S. National Security Agency.

For more than fifteen years Tojo has been researching, consulting, and teaching in appreciative organizational design. Examples include Appreciative Inquiry which he has teaching to graduate students at George Mason University for over a decade, and Appreciative Sharing for Knowledge, a new knowledge management tool to leverage tacit knowledge in organizations. He has written extensively on appreciative processes in organizations, which include his doctoral dissertation, numerous refereed publications, and a recent book, Appreciative Sharing for Knowledge: Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change.

For more than fifteen years Tojo has been researching, consulting, and teaching in appreciative organizational design.

Examples include Appreciative Inquiry which he has teaching to graduate students at George Mason University for over a decade, and Appreciative Sharing for Knowledge, a new knowledge management tool to leverage tacit knowledge in organizations. He has written extensively on appreciative processes in organizations, which include his doctoral dissertation, numerous refereed publications, and a recent book, Appreciative Sharing for Knowledge: Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change.

Tojo has extensive consulting experience in change management, organization design, and knowledge management. Past clients include IBM, Fannie Mae, Booz/Allen/Hamilton, PNC Bank, Lucent Technologies, General Mills, British Petroleum, Tata Consulting Services, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, United States Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Tojo is on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences and the Journal of Organizational Change Management. He is also the book review editor of the Journal of Organizational Change Management and the past Program Chair of the Research Methods Division of the 15000-member strong Academy of Management. Tojo has also used the appreciative lens to study diverse themes such as Information Communication Technology (ICT) and economic development of South Asian countries, (forthcoming co-edited book) and social capital and organizational mobility of Asian Americans in the U.S.

Tojo lives in Chantilly, Virginia, with his wife and can be reached at tojo@appreciativeintelligence.com.

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CAROL METZGER
For over 15 years, Carol Metzker has helped clients tap into their success stories to uncover best practices, share knowledge and communicate clearly for successful outcomes. She has worked successfully in educational, non-profit and corporate environments. She has a Masters degree in Organizational Learning from George Mason University.

As contributing editor for Investor Relations Update, her stories about executives in Fortune 500 companies appear in monthly print and online publications of the National Investor Relations Institute. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications including Global CEO, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Management Next and the Association for Financial Professionals’ journals, Pulse and Exchange.

Her past experience as Director of Client Services at Anderson Leadership Group, a leadership communication consulting firm, cultivated her interest in leadership development and gave her the opportunity for close observation and experience with top-level leaders. Her work as a writer and consultant has led to interviews of hundreds of executives about their successful and innovative practices, providing a closer look at companies and their members. Her work as an interviewer and writer for a National Science Foundation-sponsored study on the impact of Information Technology on India’s development provided an exceptional view of a variety of social and business cultures

Carol’s volunteer service inspires her and also provides the subject for articles and frequent speaking engagements. She has served as a mentor for FIRST. As a Rotarian, in 2004 she experienced the polio eradication program firsthand, participating in and leading National Immunization Day trips to India.

She lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with her husband and two daughters, and can be reached at echmetzker@aol.com or 610-793-4387.

For more information, please visit www.successfuloutcomes.com.

Appreciative Intelligence^®: Working for You

How effective and happy are you in various aspects of your life? By further exploring and enhancing your Appreciative Intelligence, you can make a lasting, positive difference in your workplace, home and community.

How can Appreciative Intelligence help your organization? It can be applied to

• Identifying high potential individuals for succession planning,
• Unlocking creativity and innovation,
• Capturing and expanding best practices,
• Setting goals and objectives tailored to your organizational culture, and
• Transforming your organization for a successful future.

Toward these outcomes, Tojo Thatchenkery offers small-group workshops, consulting, seminars, and speaking engagements for business, non-profit, government, and educational organizations.

For more information or to schedule an event, please contact us at tojo@appreciativeintelligence.com.