Tojo Thatchenkery, Ph.D.

Tojo Thatchenkery (Ph.D. Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University) is an internationally known speaker, consultant, and educator. He is professor and director of the Organization Development and Knowledge Management program at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia. He is also president of Avenir Consulting Inc., a consulting firm specializing in leadership development, change management, organization redesign, collaborative learning & knowledge management. Tojo is a member of the NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science and the Taos Institute. His recent books include Enhancing Organizational Performance through Strategic Initiatives: Handbook of Management Cases (2009), Appreciative Inquiry and Knowledge Management: A Social Constructionist Perspective (2007), Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn (Harvard Business Review 2006 Reading List), and Appreciative Sharing of Knowledge: Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change (2005). He has also researched contemporary themes such as technological culture and globalization which resulted in another book, Information Communication Technology and Economic Development: Learning from the Indian Experience (2006). His forthcoming books are Making the Invisible Visible: Understanding Leadership Contributions of Asian Minorities in the Workplace (with Keimei Sugiyama, Palgrave-Macmillan) and Positive Design and Appreciative Construction: From Sustainable Development to Sustainable Value (with David Cooperrider & Michel Avital, Emerald).

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

He has over twenty years of experience in teaching at various Public Policy, MBA, Organization Development, and executive development programs in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He founded the Organizational Learning Laboratory at the George W. Johnson Learning Center and served as its director from 1995 to 2000. During this time the facility was featured as one of the leading laboratories for organizational learning and knowledge management by the Academy of Management and the Project Management Journal.

Tojo’s research has been funded by agencies such as the United States National Science Foundation, U.S. Postal Service, and National Security Agency. He 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 18000-member strong Academy of Management.

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