Organizational Transformation through Appreciative Inquiry: Experiences and Reflections on Drenching Processes

This book offers a pivotal concept, model, and tool called “Drench” that meets the need within organizational transformation to internalize, abide, and sustain the insights, learning, and the energy for change generated during an Appreciative Inquiry (Ai) or any other organization development (OD) process.

Drench is an active, non- action (state of presence) that helps an organization celebrate the discovery of strengths, soak in the dream of transformation, and allow the future to emerge. It facilitates a shift in the organizational consciousness and helps develop a belief in its ability to sustain the transformation. Bringing together field experiences, conceptual understanding, and practical tools, and with a foreword by Dr. David Cooperrider, this book introduces Drench as an addition to the existing 5- D model of Ai. The book is divided into three parts: the first part introduces Drench in the context of organizational transformation through Ai; the second part consists of case studies from our experiences of facilitating organizational transformation; the third part offers a set of practical tools and models that can be combined in a logical as well as intuitive way for deeper results.

Challenging conventional notions of change and development by providing a helpful set of concepts, models and a toolbox for organizational transformation, this is a useful book for change consultants, facilitators and coaches who use OD and/ or Ai for transformation.

Sankarasubramanyan Ramamoorthy, MA, has 37 years of professional experience in human resources development, consulting, organization development (OD), and applied behavioural science. Sankar is the International Director in the Board of NTL (www.ntl.org) and the Director of Changeworks (www.changeworksindia.com), a consulting organization based in Mumbai, India. Sankar is a past president and professional member of the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science (www.isabs.org). Sankar has hands- on experience in OD, people process implementation, personal growth, leadership and team development, executive coaching, and Appreciative Inquiry (Ai)- based interventions. He is a Routledge author having published his book T- Group Facilitation – Theory and Practise of Applied Behavioural Science. He has also published two other books and many articles in peer- reviewed journals.

Wasundhara Joshi MSc, MD, is a paediatrician, change facilitator, OD consultant, coach, and yoga student and practitioner. She is the Director of Changeworks (www.changeworksindia.com). She is a professional member of ISABS (www.isabs.org) and certified in change facilitation, transformational coaching, appreciative coaching, and holds an MSc in Yoga. She is a faculty, and mentor for Level 2 training of coaches (PCC). She specializes in the use of Ai as a method for both coaching and organization change. She is engaged in the field of OD through Ai, leadership development, personal growth, and executive coaching for the past two decades. She has published many articles in the field in peer- reviewed journals.