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Harlene Andersonis a co-founder and board member of the Taos Institute, Houston Galveston Institute, and Access Success International; she is the founding editor of the International Journal of Collaborative Practices and founder of the International Certificate in Collaborative-Dialogic Practices programme. Her books, translated into several languages, include Conversations, Language and Possibilities and (as co-editor) Appreciative Organizations, Collaborative Therapy: Relationships and Conversations that Make a Difference and Innovations in the Reflecting Process. She received the 2008 American Academy of Family Therapy Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory and Practice, the 2000 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy award for Outstanding Contributions to Marriage and Family Therapy, and the 1997 Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy award for Lifetime Achievement.Saliha Bavais an associate professor of marriage and family therapy at Mercy College (New York), Taos Institute advisory board member and associate, and founding board member of the International Certificate in Collaborative-Dialogic Practices. She focuses on expanding relational intelligence by harnessing the power of play. Partnering with individuals and organizations around the world, she combines interdisciplinary ideas and methodologies to create generative, inclusive change. Performative methodologies, hyperlinked thinking and dialogue guide her academic activism which aims to unsettle dominant discourses regarding research, social justice, and identity. She co-authored The Relational Book for Parenting with her partner Mark Greene. Based in New York City, she consults to couples, companies and communities. Learn more at SalihaBava.com | Email: drbava@gmail.com. Follow @ThinkPlayGinny Belden-Charleshelps groups in the midst of complex conditions find cohesive direction, build organizational capacity and facilitate change. She has worked with more than 50 organizations in all sectors and also designs and facilitates large-scale cross-sector social change initiatives. She is a co-founder of the Center for Emerging Leadership and its Women in Leadership Learning Community, now in its 28th year. Ginny has a PhD in Social Science from Tilburg University, an MS in Organization Development from Pepperdine University, a BA from the University of Minnesota in Music Therapy and is a Bush Fellowship recipient. She has taught in several Master's programmes in the United States and the UK. She is a mentor and coach to many emerging leaders, an actively engaged grandmother and a Lake Superior sailor.Duane R. Bidwellserves as Professor of Practical Theology, Spiritual Care, and Counseling-Counselling at Claremont School of Theology at Willamette University, USA. He is a senior staff clinician and supervisor at The Clinebell Institute for Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy. A Taos Associate and member of the Taos Institute board of directors, Duane is a clinical Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors; a psychotherapist member of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education; and a board member of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies. He edited Spirituality, Social Construction, and Relational Processes: Essays and Reflections (WorldShare, 2016) and authored When One Religion Isn't Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People (Beacon, 2018), Empowering Couples: A Narrative Approach to Spiritual Care (Fortress, 2013), and Short-term Spiritual Guidance (Fortress, 2004). He co-edited The Formation of Pastoral Counselors: Challenges and Opportunities (Routledge, 2006) with Joretta Marshall.Tom Billingtonis Professor of Educational and Child Psychology in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. His research and professional practice seek to challenge forms of oppression and discrimination in young people's lives, in particular, when suffered due to uncritical approaches to psychopathology. In a focus upon the emotional well-being and mental health needs of young people his research draws upon a range of qualitative methods – narrative, discourse analysis, psychodynamic and social constructionist approaches – while his professional practice in the family courts is rooted in analyses of the relational conditions in which young people live their lives. His works include Separating, Losing and Excluding Children (2000, Routledge); Working with Children (2006, Sage) and Critical Educational Psychology (Williams, Billington, Goodley and Corcoran, eds. 2017, BPS/Blackwell Books, John Wiley).Kristin Bodifordis Principal of Community Strengths, working with communities to support creating new possibilities. She serves as a Health Advisor for HelpAge USA and as a representative to the United Nations for Generations United, advising on social development policy related to aging, youth, families and intergenerational solidarity. Kristin is a core team member of the Taos International Relational Research Network, faculty in the Taos Institute International Diploma in Social Construction and Professional Practice, visiting scholar and researcher at Portland State University Institute on Aging, and adjunct faculty at Dominican University School of Social Work. Kristin holds a PhD from Tilburg University and an MBA from the University of California at Davis. Kristin believes magic can happen when people come together around issues they care deeply about. She embraces transformative approaches, tapping into and strengthening relational resources to propel social innovation.René Bouwenis Professor Emeritus at the Center for Organizational Psychology of the KU Leuven (Belgium). Through several national and international networks on organizational innovation research and socio-cultural development, he was involved in the creation of continuous education and research programmes in group dynamics, organizational learning and development, conflict framing, appreciative inquiry and multi-actor collaboration, and in social constructionist study circles. Collaborating across differences in and between organizations remained his core concern after he became emeritus in 2006.Hilary Bradburyis a scholar-practitioner focused on the human and organizational dimensions of creating healthy communities. She supports educators of all types as well as educational institutions in transforming in response to the social-ecological crisis of our times. She emphasizes the integration of research and practice, as ‘action research for transformations’. Her global role and reputation for her work is reflected in her position as Editor in Chief of the international peer reviewed Action Research journal. She is founder and principal at Foundation AR+, ActionResearchPlus.com, a global community of participative action researchers, an active network of multiple action researching universities and think tanks from the Global North and South.Gervase R. Busheis Professor of Leadership and Organization Development at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, and has consulted with a diverse array of leaders and organizations in a variety of sectors for more than 35 years. He has published over 100 articles and books and received numerous awards. His Clear Leadership book and course has been translated into seven other languages and delivered to tens of thousands of participants worldwide. He is the co-editor of Dialogic Organization Development: The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change (2015). His latest book is The Dynamics of Generative Change (2020). In 2016 HR Magazine in the UK added him to their annual rankings of the most influential HR thinkers. In 2019 he was ranked 12th. A chapter about him and his work is included in The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers (2017).Harriet Cameronis particularly interested in the way language around learning disabilities and differences comes to shape the way diagnoses of autism, (specific) learning disability, ADHD and mental ill-health are constructed in specific places, spaces and times. She is also interested in the lived experiences of people who come to be categorized as ‘deficient’ in learning or communicating, and in how systems, processes and policies interact with these experiences. Following a career as a specialist teacher/assessor and service lead in the field of specific learning difficulties in higher education, Harriet now undertakes research and teaching as an academic in The University of Sheffield's School of Education (UK). Her current role follows a previous position as a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) where she led the MA in Autism Spectrum Conditions. Her research and teaching are centred in critical psychology and education.Rocío Chavesteis founder, general director, professor and clinical supervisor at Kanankil Institute in Yucatan, Mexico, Guest Professor at the Houston Galveston Institute, Associate of the Taos Institute, and a member of the Relational Research Network of the same Institute. She has a PhD in Social Psychology, and three Masters Degrees, in: Family and Couples Therapy, Organizational Management, and Political Communication and Electoral Marketing. She was the Director of Social Development for the Merida, Yucatan municipality. She is the co-author of Prácticas socioconstruccionistas y colaborativas: psicoterapia, educación y comunidad; editor of Identidades, y Relaciones: una mirada desde el Socioconstruccionismo y las prácticas colaborativas y dialógicas; and co-editor of Harlene, conversaciones interrumpidas.Kathleen Clarkis an attorney, consultant, speaker, facilitator and published author. The subject of her dissertation was collaborative practices in adverse medical event situations. Her work as both an attorney and consultant involves collaborative practices, non-adversarial conflict resolution, and restorative justice. Dr Clark's articles have been published in various American Bar Association periodicals and journals, as well as in The Daily Journal, California's legal newspaper. She has also co-authored a book chapter on conflict resolution in adverse medical event situations. She has facilitated many dialogues on improving healthcare and building community and collaboration across all aspects of healthcare. In addition, she trains and consults on issues related to healthcare and the law in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Colombia, SA.Gene Combsis co-director of Evanston Family Therapy Center, and a long-time practitioner, teacher, and writer in the field of narrative therapy. Recently retired from his position as Associate Clinical Professor in the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago, he serves on the board of directors of The American Family Therapy Academy, and is an Honorary Associate of the Taos Institute. With his partner, Jill Freedman, he has written many articles and three books: Symbol, Story, and Ceremony: Using Metaphor in Individual and Family Therapy, Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities and Narrative Therapy with Couples … And a Whole Lot More.Marc Crapsobtained degrees in Organizational Psychology, Social and Cultural Anthropology and Philosophy (KU Leuven). His PhD focused on multi-actor collaboration and local communities for sustainable resources management, based on action research in Ecuador. He has 15 years of field experience in Latin America, working with urban squatters, indigenous communities, NGOs and government agencies. His main research interest is in the quality of the relations in collaborative initiatives for complex sustainability issues. He is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Economics of KU Leuven (Belgium), teaching Strategic Organization Development and Corporate Social Responsibility.Art Dewulfobtained a PhD in Organizational Psychology (KU Leuven) and is personal professor of Sensemaking and Decision-making in Policy Processes at the Public Administration and Policy Group of the Wageningen University (Netherlands). He studies complex problems of natural resource governance with a focus on interactive processes of sensemaking and decision-making in water and climate governance.Dawn Doleis the Executive Director of the Taos Institute. Dawn also consults with organizations, non-profits and schools utilizing strength-based approaches to organization development (Appreciative Inquiry), and designing and facilitating experiential team building and leadership programmes. She has held leadership positions in non-profits, healthcare and community education. Dawn taught elementary school and has worked with children of all ages in community settings. She is the co-author of a book titled: Positive Family Dynamics: Appreciative Inquiry Questions for Bringing Out the Best in Families and co-editor of the book: Social Construction in Action: Contributions from the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Taos Institute.Thalia Dragonasis Professor Emerita of Social Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She was previously Chair of the Department of Early Childhood Education and Dean of the School of Education. Her research and publications are on psychosocial identity, intergroup relations, social inclusion, intercultural education, ethnocentrism in the educational system, prevention and promotion of early psychosocial health, transition to parenthood, fatherhood and masculinity. She co-directed a 22-year-long intervention for the education of the historical Muslim minority in Greece. She served as an MP with the Socialist Party (PASOK) (2007–09) and was Secretary at the Greek Ministry of Education (2009–10) responsible for populations at risk such as migrants, the Roma and the Muslim minority in Thrace. She co-edited, together with K. Gergen, S. McNamee and E. Tseliou, the volume Education as Social Construction (TAOS Institute Publications/WorldShare Books, 2015).Cesar A. Ferragiis Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil. He has an MA and a PhD in Public Administration (with a focus on Institutional Theory and Organizational Change) from the International Christian University (ICU), located in Tokyo, Japan, and a BA in Public Administration from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil. Cesar is interested in the learning capabilities of individuals, understanding education as an organic process, composed of multiple experiences. Having lived in six different countries – and travelled to more than 60 – he tries to ‘connect the dots’ under an NVC™ (Non-violent Communication) approach. He currently teaches Management and Entrepreneurship at UFSCar, and coordinates an MBI (Master in Business Innovation) – an educational journey through the topics of innovation, entrepreneurship and digital transformation.Jill Freedmanis a MSW and is co-director of Evanston Family Therapy Center, a centre dedicated to teaching narrative therapy. She is on the faculty of the Chicago Center for Family Health, is an international faculty member of the Dulwich Center in Adelaide, Australia, an Honorary Clinical Fellow of the University of Melbourne where she is faculty for the low-residency narrative therapy and community work Masters programme, and is an Honorary Associate of the Taos Institute. She has a small therapy and consultation practice in the Chicago area and teaches internationally. She has co-authored many papers and three books with Gene Combs: Symbol, Story, and Ceremony: Using Metaphor in Individual and Family Therapy, Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities, and Narrative Therapy with Couples … And a Whole Lot More.Kenneth J. Gergenis a Senior Research Professor at Swarthmore College, and the President of the Taos Institute. He is internationally known for his development of social constructionist theory and practices, and for his relational perspective on human well-being. Among his major works are Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction, The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life, An Invitation to Social Construction (3rd edn), and Relational Being, Beyond Self and Community. Gergen has received numerous awards and has been the recipient of honorary degrees in both the United States and Europe.Scherto Gillis Senior Fellow at the GHFP Research Institute, Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex, and Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Through research, international project development, and writing, she actively explores ways to foster practices of transformative dialogue, the ethics of caring, whole-person development, and global peace. Her most recent books include, Ethical Education: Towards an Ecology of Human Development (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Human-Centered Education (Routledge, 2017) and Education as Humanisation (Routledge, 2016).Karen Goldis a clinical social worker, educator, and Affiliated Education Scientist at Women's College Hospital in Toronto, Canada. She is a graduate of the Taos PhD program. Her dissertation explored clinician writing as relational practice. She has completed narrative medicine training at Columbia University and is a Certified AWA creative writing facilitator. She has taught at the Faculty of Social Work and the Health, Arts & Humanities Program at the University of Toronto and has facilitated a wide range of writing workshops in hospital and community settings. She has published on arts-based pedagogy, poetic inquiry, collaborative practice, and personal narrative in professional practice.Dan Goodleyis co-director of iHuman – an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Sheffield. He is a recovering psychologist and disability studies researcher who has written widely around the area. Recent publications include Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction (Sage, 2016) and Dis/ability Studies (Routledge, 2014). He is currently working on a text for Emerald due out in 2020 entitled Disability and Other Human Questions.Carla Guanaes-Lorenziis a psychologist and family therapist. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto (University of Sâo Paulo – Ribeirão Preto – Brazil), where she coordinates the activities of the Laboratory of Study and Research in Group Practices (LAPEPG-USP). Her activity at the Department of Psychology includes training, supervision and research on group work, family therapy and social constructionism. She is also a professor in the Graduate Program of Psychology (USP/Ribeirão Preto) where she mentors Masters and doctorate students on their research projects. She is author of the book, A construção da mudança em terapia de grupo: um enfoque construcionista social [The construction of change in group therapy: a social constructionist approach] (2006) and of many articles and book chapters. She is the mother of two little girls (Ana Cecília and Beatriz). Email: carlaguanaes@usp.br CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5305070621567074Marilene A. Grandessois a Brazilian Psychologist; Family, Couple and Community Therapist; Faculty and Supervisor of Family and Couple Therapy at Catholic University, São Paulo; Founder and Chair of the INTERFACI Institute; Coordinator of the ICCP – International Certificate in Collaborative-Dialogical Practices – Houston Galveston Institute/Taos Institute and INTERFACI (since 2011); Coordinator of the Community Therapy training course at INTERFACI – Sao Paulo (since 2003); President of the Family Therapy Association of São Paulo (APTF – 2000–2001); and first President of the Brazilian Community Therapy Association (ABRATECOM – 2004–2005). She is the author of the book, About the Reconstruction of Meaning: An Epistemological and Hermeneutical Analysis of Clinical Practice (2000, in Portuguese). Marilene is also the organizer of the book, Community Therapy: Weaving Nets to Social Transformation: Health, Education and Public Politics (2007, in Portuguese) and three others about Collaborative-Dialogical Practices. She is a member of the Taos Institute and an editorial board member of World Share Books (Taos Institute).Julie Haizlipis Clinical Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing and Faculty in the University of Virginia Department of Pediatrics. Dr Haizlip conducts research on mattering in healthcare. She is currently the Director of the UVA Center for Appreciative Practice and co-Director of the UVA Center for Interprofessional Collaborations.Christopher Hallis Professor of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where he teaches graduate social work practice, field and postmodern electives. In addition to his teaching, Chris practises in the community assisting individuals, couples, families and groups from a postmodern perspective (www.DrChristopherHall.com). He is a board member of the Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work (www.gptsw.net) and a Taos Institute Associate (www.TaosInstitute.net). His publications are primarily practice- and postmodern-focused, and he is currently co-editing the 4th edition of Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice. Past publications include chapters for the Encyclopaedia of Social Work, ‘A History of Cybernetics and Social Work Practice’ (2017) and ‘Narrative Therapy’ (2016), as well as journal articles, ‘A Narrative Case Study of Hamlet and the Cultural Construction of Western Individualism, Diagnosis, and Madness’ (2016) and ‘How Social Constructionism Could Inform the Education of Social Work Practitioners’ (2015).Gitte Haslebohas a Master of Science in Psychology from the University of Copenhagen and before that a Masters Degree in Social Psychology from the University of Kansas. Gitte is a certified specialist and supervisor in organizational psychology. In 1991 she founded the consultancy firm known as Haslebo & Partnere, which carries out consultancy assignments in Denmark and Norway based on social constructionism and inspired by systemic, appreciative and narrative approaches to consultation, leadership and organizational development. She has also developed and carried through a social constructionist training programme for more than 36 groups of managers and consultants. She is the author, co-author and co-editor of numerous books and articles on leadership and organizational development. Two books have been translated into English: G. Haslebo and K. S. Nielsen, Systems and Meaning: Consulting in Organizations (Karnac Books, 2000) and G. Haslebo and M. L. Haslebo, Practicing Relational Ethics in Organizations (Taos Institute Publications, 2012). For years she has worked as a board member of the Danish Psychological Publishing Agency and was appointed an Associate to the Taos Institute in 2008.Lorraine Hedtkeis the programme coordinator and an associate professor of counselling and guidance at California State University, San Bernardino. She is also the proprietor of The Fabula Center, a counselling and training centre. She teaches about death, dying and bereavement throughout the United States and internationally. Her work represents an exciting and unique departure from the conventional models of grief psychology. Her articles have appeared in numerous professional journals and magazines and she is the author of several books about grief. Her children's book, My Grandmother is Always with Me (2nd edn, Lulu Press, 2013), is written with her daughter, Addison Davidove. Her book, Breathing Life into the Stories of the Dead: Constructing Bereavement Support Groups (Taos Institute Publications, 2012) outlines an innovative and practical model for practice. Along with John Winslade, she is the co-author of the book Remembering Lives: Conversations with the Dying and the Bereaved (Baywood, 2004) and The Crafting of Grief: Aesthetic Responses to Loss (Routledge, 2017).Dina von Heimburgis a MSc and works as a public health coordinator in Levanger Municipality, Norway and is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Nord University, Norway. She is also an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health and Nursing at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her PhD research is a collaborative action research project focusing on the co-creation of social inclusion among families whose children are in kindergartens.Lone Herstedis an associate professor and works as a researcher and a lecturer at the Department of Culture and Learning at Aalborg University (Denmark). Her research is concerned with organizational learning, organizational change processes, relational leading and leadership development, action research and creativity. In particular, she is concerned with dialogically based processes for organizational learning and development. Lone has a professional background in theatre, family therapy and consultancy, and brings these experiences creatively into her work with organizational development. In 2013, together with Professor Kenneth Gergen, she wrote the book Relational Leading: Practices for Dialogically Based Collaboration, which was published in English, Danish and Japanese. In addition, she has contributed to a series of books and articles on leadership, the education of leaders, organizational learning, dialogical process, action research and creativity. Recently she edited the book Action Research in a Relational Perspective together with Ottar Ness and Søren Frimann (published by Routledge).Lois Holzmanis director of the East Side Institute, an international research and education centre for the advancement of social therapeutics and performance activism. As a proponent of postmodern, activity-theoretic, cultural approaches to human learning and development, she has championed the role of play, performance and ensemble building as central to ongoing attempts to support people to grow themselves and their communities, to humanize the mental health field and the social sciences, and to effect social change and global cultural transformation. Among her books are Vygotsky at Work and Play; Unscientific Psychology: A Cultural-Performatory Approach to Understanding Human Life (with Fred Newman); and The Overweight Brain: How Our Obsession with Knowing Keeps us from Getting Smart Enough to Make a Better World.David Anderson Hookeris Professor of the Practice of Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in the University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs. His practice spans more than 30 years as mediator, restorative justice practitioner, trainer, leadership development specialist, advocate and community peacebuilder working throughout Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and the (united) States of America. Hooker's primary research investigates the social and narrative construction of complex identities; the role of multigenerational trauma in the formation of interpersonal and communal relationships, systems and structures; and the various models and approaches to truth-telling as mechanisms for approaching justice, quality peace, and societal reconciliation. He is the co-author (with Amy Potter-Czaijkowski) of Transforming Historical Harms (Eastern Mennonite, 2012) and author of The Little Book of Transformative Community Conferencing (SkyHorse 2016), as well as several other book chapters and journal articles.Carsten Hornstrupis an experienced consultant and leader and is regarded as an expert on public sector development. In later years he has focused on Relational Capacity as a way of integrating systematic evaluations in highly complex cases with dialogical practices. He holds a PhD in Relational Leadership and has published seven books and several books and articles. He is currently the director and founder of Joint Action Analytics and is associated with Aarhus University's research centre for public leadership as well as chairing the board of the RCRC (Relational Coordination Research Collaborative) at Brandeis University, Boston.Marie L. Hoskinsis Professor Emeritus in the School of Child and Youth Care (Faculty of Human and Social Development) at the University of Victoria, Canada. She has held several administrative positions and sat on several boards over the years. She has published in a wide range of journals including Mediation Quarterly, Qualitative Inquiry, The Journal of Constructivist Psychology, Constructivism and Human Sciences, the Canadian Journal of Counselling, Qualitative Inquiry, the Child and Youth Care Forum, to name just a few. Her teaching focus has been in the area of human change processes, girls’ identity challenges and various modes of interpretive inquiry. She has been the principal investigator on two large Social Sciences and Humanities Research Projects (SSHRC), one focused on eating disorders and processes of change, the other focused on the relationships between culture, substance use and transformation. She is a former member of the coordinating team for the Child Soldier Initiative led by Rt. General Romeo Dallaire.Johan Hovelynckworks as a self-employed process consultant and is part-time lecturer at the Leuven University (Belgium). With a background in Organizational and Community Psychology (KU Leuven) and in Adult Education (VU Brussels), Johan facilitates group and organizational development processes in various profit and social-profit settings, including multi-actor collaboration in different governance domains. His action research on facilitating relational learning in those fields provides an additional basis for teaching group dynamics and group decision-making at the KU Leuven Center for Organisational Psychology and Professional Learning.Elizabeth Jamesonis an artist who specializes in the intersection of art and science. Her artwork creates interest and curiosity about the imperfect body, and her work serves as an invitation to open up conversations about what it means to have an illness or disability as part of the universal human experience. She is an artist, a writer and a former public interest lawyer; she has written about illness and disability in publications such as the New York Times, British Medical Journal and WIRED magazine. Her work is part of permanent collections including the National Institutes of Health, major universities and medical schools throughout the nation. In 2016, she delivered a TedX talk, ‘Learning to Celebrate and Embrace Our Imperfect Bodies’.Arlene M. Katzis a Taos Associate and mentor of many Taos PhD students. She is also a Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and teaches cross-cultural care in their residency programme at the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA). A published poet, photographer and videographer, Dr Katz uses social poetics (Hearing the patient's ‘voice’: Toward a social poetics in diagnostic interviews. Social Science Medicine, Katz and Shotter, 1996) to explore the space between health and the humanities. Her work emphasizes the importance of hearing the ‘voice’ of patient and community, making visible the moral dimensions of care and suffering. Former Director of CHA's Community Councils Project, she worked with community elders and health professionals to address ageism by developing a ‘Council of Elders’ to make visible the lived experience of aging (A council of elders: Creating a multi-voiced dialogue in a community of care. Social Science and Medicine, Katz, Conant et al., 2000). This has developed into a series of participatory ethnographic publications and research projects, co-creating ‘resourceful communities’ of those involved in healthcare.Jenny Leeis the executive director of Allied Media Projects (AMP), where she has worked in various capacities since 2006. Over this period she led the healthy growth and evolution of the organization through facilitative leadership, innovative programme design, and network cultivation. She honed the theory and practice of media-based organizing that is at the core of AMP's work. Jenny represents AMP within city-wide and national initiatives to advance the fields of media, art, technology and social justice. She currently serves on the leadership team of the national Art x Culture x Social Justice Network. In 2015 she was a Detroit Equity Action Lab fellow and from 2008 to 2012 she served on the national steering committee of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence. Jenny graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Comparative Literature in 2005. She is a mom, a dancer and a motorcycle rider.Barbara E. Lewisis a co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Center for Positive Change and a consulting partner of the Corporation for Positive Change. She is widely respected for designing and facilitating creative processes to engage diverse stakeholders in collaborative decision-making on everything from community visioning to water resources planning to priority setting. In 2000, experiencing first-hand the authentic connections, joyful experience and shared commitment produced by Appreciative Inquiry (AI), she made AI the primary model of her work. She is co-editor of The Promise of Appreciative Cities: Compelling the Whole to Act, an edition of the Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner. Her work has been recognized with multiple awards – most recently the Greater Good Award from the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) for her contributions to the field.Rolla E. Lewisis Professor Emeritus in Educational Psychology at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB). His current research and scholarly interests include public education advocacy, participatory leadership, and using lifescaping action research practices and participatory inquiry process (PIP) in ways that enhance school communities, student learning power, wellness, and connectedness to the living environment. He was School Counseling Coordinator at Portland State University (PSU), 1995–2006, and at CSUEB, 2006–2014. He is an active Associate of the Taos Institute. Dr Lewis has published numerous chapters, articles and poems in books, peer-reviewed journals and other publications, such as R. E. Lewis and P. Winkelman, Lifescaping Practices in School Communities: Implementing Action Research and Appreciative Inquiry (Routledge, 2017). He is the recipient of the Oregon Counseling Association's Leona Tyler Award for outstanding contributions to professional counselling. He may be reached at rolla.lewis@csueastbay.edVictoria Lugois a psychologist, with a Masters degree in Public Health, and a PhD in Social Sciences (Tilburg University). She is currently on faculty at the Universidad de Caldas in Manizales, Colombia, the director of the Master program in Social Justice and Peace Building and the editor of “Eleuthera”, an international journal about human and social development. Her research interests focus on social constructionist ideas applied to conflict transformation and restoration with survivors from armed conflict. Her doctoral dissertation was titled ‘Disarmed Warriors: Narratives with Youth ex-Combatants in Colombia’. During 2019, she was the national director of the study ‘Creating Political Abilities for Transitions in Local Territories’, a Participatory Action Research project located in six municipalities affected by armed conflict in Colombia.Gro Emmertsen Lundis an independent consultant and researcher and part of NOISE; Network of Independent Scholars in Education. She holds a PhD from Twente University, an MA in Evaluation from the University of Southern Denmark and a BA degree in Educational Science from University College of Southern Denmark. Her research on social exclusionary processes in schools has played a pivotal role in school development and practices of responding to interactive troubles. As a keynote speaker in Denmark, Norway, Estonia, The Faroe Islands and the United States, she shares her research as well as exploring implications for praxis. As a Taos Associate she has arranged international conferences in the Nordic countries. She is a published author and serves as a co-serial editor for the series Relational Pedagogy at the Danish Psychological Publisher. As an organizational consultant Gro works with organizational learning and improvement, leadership, organizational membership and cultural change processes.Ingebjørg Mælandholds a Social Science and Masters degree in Educational Leadership. She has been working for over 40 years with young people in Norway. She started as a social worker in the criminal justice system, moved on to child and adolescent psychiatric services, and then to outreaching services for drug users. She was consulting for the County Office of Education on special needs education before she became the head of YouthInvest 1998, a post she still holds. Ingebjørg has conducted a lot of seminars and workshops at universities and conferences. She has cooperated with the University College of Southeast Norway 2012–2016 and developed a session-based University programme based on Appreciative Inquiry and other strength-based approaches. This study programme is now connected to Norwegian Technology University (NTNU) where Ingebjørg lectures occasionally. She has been a politician for eight years in a local Municipality and was also leader of the Board of Education and Social Challenges. She has been a board member in a bank (Sparebanken Øst) and in the board of public transport.Robert J. Marshakis Distinguished Scholar in Residence Emeritus, School of Public Affairs, American University and has consulted with managers and executives around the world for more than 40 years. Marshak's contributions to the field of organization development have been recognized by numerous awards, including the Organization Development Network's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Distinguished Educator Award from the Organization Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management. He is the co-editor of Dialogic Organization Development: The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change (2015). His latest book is Dialogic Process Consultation: Generative Meaning Making in Action (2020). A chapter about him and his work is included in The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers (2017).Natalie B. Mayis Associate Professor of Research in the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the UVA School of Nursing. She has co-authored several books and chapters on appreciative inquiry in healthcare, including Appreciative Inquiry in Healthcare: Positive Questions to Bring Out Your Best and Choosing Wisdom. She is a founding faculty member in the UVA Center for Appreciative Practice.M. L. Papusa Molinaholds a PhD in Educational Leadership – with an emphasis on Women's Studies, Public Administration and Chicano Studies – and an MA in Education and Development, the University of Iowa. She is the Executive Director and Professor of Inquiry at Kanankil Institute; Guest Professor at the Houston Galveston Institute; and Associate and member of the Relational Research Network of the Taos Institute. Previously she was the Coordinator for Academic Development at Universidad de Oriente; General Director of the National Institute in Mexico; James Watson Irwin Distinguished Chair in Women's Studies at Hamilton College; Professor in the Feminism and Spirituality MA Program at the San Francisco Institute for Integral Studies; and co-founder of Women Against Racism. Her early publications and research focused on the intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality; recently she has been engaged with issues of inquiry from a collaborative-dialogic perspective.Gerald Monkis Professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology at San Diego State University. Gerald is a practising Marriage and Family Therapist and mediator in private practice in San Diego, California. Gerald has a strong interest in the theory and practice of narrative therapy and narrative mediation. Currently, he works with couples and families utilizing a social constructionist orientation and the theoretical developments connected to the affective-discursive turn. His latest co-authored book is Intercultural Counseling: Bridging the Us and Them Divide (Cognella Publishing, 2020).Haesun Moonis a leading expert and educator on coaching and the use of language in transforming workplace dialogues leading to social change. Her academic and professional research in coaching dialogues and pedagogy from the University of Toronto introduced a simple heuristics of interactions, the Dialogic Orientation Quadrant (DOQ), that has transformed the way people coach and learn coaching worldwide. Haesun teaches Brief Coaching at the University of Toronto and serves as Executive Director at the Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching. She resides in Toronto with her family and her beloved dog, Kito.Edgardo Morales-Arandesis a Taos Associate and Professor in the Graduate Psychology Program at the University of Puerto Rico. In his practice as a therapist and consultant, he has explored the uses of performance, imagination, dialogue, and presence as relational resources that can serve to promote generative change in individuals, couples, families, and organizations. As a researcher, he is currently examining the ways through which autoethnography can help students generate meaningful and imaginative personal narratives that can subvert dominant accounts of marginalization, oppression, and enforced silence while highlighting the transformative possibilities of evocative storytelling. Along with his professional, academic, and personal pursuits, Edgardo has been accompanied by a practice of mindfulness meditation which he began more than 45 years ago, and which still continues to be a vital presence in his life. He is also Academic Co-Director of the Diploma on the Generative Perspective and Practice co-sponsored by Fundación Interfas in Argentina and the Taos Institute.Murilo S. Moschetais a licensed psychologist and Professor of Psychology, Gender and Sexuality at the Estate University of Maringá (Brazil). For many years, he has worked in a variety of institutional contexts on the development of relational resources for inclusive healthcare practices with respect to the LGBT population in Brazil. As a researcher, he has worked and published on narrative counselling, dialogue facilitation and healthcare workers’ training in gender and sexuality. He is the founder of DeVERSO, a research and intervention group on sexuality, health and policy, and is associate editor of the Brazilian journal Psicologia em Estudo. His latest book is A Dimensão Política do Pesquisar o Cotidiano [The Political Dimension in Researching Everyday Life] (with Laura Vilela e Souza and Emerson F. Rasera, 2020).Tanya Mudryis a PhD, Psychologist and Assistant Professor in Counselling Psychology at the University of Calgary. She practises from a postmodern, collaborative, family therapy perspective, with a research focus on discursive, practice-oriented and systemic approaches to research. Her research has focused on therapy practices, excessive behaviours, addiction and recovery from addiction, and other health concerns. Among Tanya's articles and chapters, are ‘The Psychological Underpinnings of Addictive Behaviours’, in N. el-Guebaly and H. Tavares (Eds.), Textbook of Addiction Treatment: International Perspectives, and ‘A Life History of a PIP: Snapshots in Time’, in K. Tomm, S. St. George, D. Wulff and T. Strong (Eds.), Patterns in Interpersonal Interactions: Inviting Relational Understandings for Therapeutic Change.Pavel Nepustillives and works in Brno, Czech Republic. He is a therapist, supervisor and trainer with a special focus on substance use and addiction from a relational perspective. He co-founded the Recovery Brno group, an association of people with their own or family experience with addiction and the Narativ group that promotes the development of collaborative and dialogical practices in the Czech Republic. He co-established several innovative projects in Brno aimed at social integration, housing and recovery support. His book Recovered without Treatment: The Process of Abandoning Crystal Meth Use without Professional Help is available in Czech and English.Janet Newburyteaches and conducts research in the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria, where she is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Graduate Studies. She has worked in group homes, schools, camps, an after-school programme, an orphanage, and a family resource centre, and as a family initiatives worker and family enhancement worker. She currently sits on a number of boards, conducts community-engaged research related to children and families, and is actively involved in a range of intergenerational initiatives. The focus of her research and practice is primarily on fostering the structural conditions that contribute to wellness for children, young people and families. Organizing economic, social and political realities such that barriers can be removed and opportunities created for children and families to thrive has been a key focus of most of her involvements – with a particular interest in contributing to decolonization efforts.Ottar Nessis Professor of Counselling at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Professor of Mental Healthcare at the University of South-Eastern Norway. He is also a senior advisor at the Norwegian Competence Centre for Mental Healthcare. He has been working with collaborative action research projects within the fields of family therapy, mental health and substance abuse recovery and community work. Among his latest books are the co-edited books Action Research in a Relational Perspective together with Lone Hersted and Søren Frimann (Routledge), and Beyond the Therapeutic State together with Del Loewenthal and Billy Hardy (Routledge).Margaret Plews-Oganis Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia. As a wisdom researcher, she has developed and implemented innovative curricula and programmes to foster wisdom in medical students and throughout the health system. She has authored several books and chapters on wisdom in healthcare, including Choosing Wisdom: Strategies and Inspiration for Growing Through Life-Changing Difficulties. With Gene Beyt, she edited Wisdom Leadership in Academic Health Science Centers: Leading Positive Change.W. Ellen Raboinis a Senior Organization Development Specialist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford Children's Health, in Palo Alto, California. Her focus is building contextual resources to support the transformation of local and systemic patterns. Her curiosities include relational action networks in care ecosystems constituted by care organizations, family systems, communities, the workplace and government. Ellen draws on theory and practice from organization development, relational social constructionism, therapy and systemic constellation work. She is a Taos Institute Associate, a Co-Founder of the Collaborative Care Learning Network, past Chair of the Board for Ronald McDonald House, San Francisco, and past President of the Bay Area Organization Network.William (Bill) Randallis Professor of Gerontology at St Thomas University, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. A former Protestant minister, he has been principal co-organizer of three international conferences called Narrative Matters (in 2002, 2004 and 2010), founding director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative (CIRN), and co-editor of the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal, Narrative Works: Issues, Investigations, and Interventions. With Gary Kenyon and other scholars worldwide, he has helped to pioneer a unique approach to aging known as ‘narrative gerontology’. He is the author or co-author of over 60 publications on this and related topics, including the book Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old (Oxford University Press, 2008). His ongoing areas of interest include: wisdom and aging, the links between reminiscence and resilience in later life, the practice of narrative care with older adults, and the role of lifestory work in late life spiritual development.Leah Salteris a systemic psychotherapist and supervisor working in NHS Wales. Leah is a doctoral supervisor and visiting lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire on the Professional Doctorate in Systemic Practice programme, a Director for The Centre for Systemic Studies in Wales, UK, and also teaches with The Family Institute Wales. Leah also works with Friends of the Earth.Dora Fried Schnitmanis a PhD and is the founder and director of Fundación Interfas, a think tank on innovation and a postgraduate educational center based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an associate of the Taos Institute. She is the founder and director of the international postgraduate program in Generative Perspective and Professional Practice at Fundación Interfas in collaboration with the Taos Institute and CINDE-Universidad de Manizales, Colombia. For the last twenty-five years, she has developed and taught the generative perspective as applied to an array of disciplines and practices (therapy, conflict, crisis, war and peace work, community organizing, and others) in different countries. Dora has taught at many postgraduate programs housed at universities and institutes in Latin America, USA, and Europe. She has published nine books, including Nuevos paradigmas, cultura y subjetividad [New paradigms, culture and subjectivity] (Paidós, 1994; in Portuguese Artes Médicas, 1996, WorlShare Books, 2014), Nuevos paradigmas en la resolución de conflictos. Perspectivas y Prácticas [New paradigms in conflict resolution: Perspectives and practices] (Granica, 2000), New Paradigms, Culture and Subjectivity (Hampton Press, 2002; WorldShare Books, 2014), Diálogos para la transformación, Vols. 1, 2 and 3 [Dialogues for transformation, Vols. 1, 2 and 3] (WorldShare Books, 2015-2017), and over one hundred and thirty articles and book chapters in five languages.Jasmina Sermijnis a clinical psychologist, systemic therapist, supervisor and trainer. Her interest areas focus on the practice of narrative and collaborative systemic therapy, postmodern philosophy, including especially the way identity is narratively co-constructed in and through interaction and dialogue. In her PhD dissertation she researched the interaction between psychiatric diagnoses and the co-construction of the self. She has published several books and articles on that topic.Gail Simonis Programme Director for the Professional Doctorate in Systemic Practice at the University of Bedfordshire and runs writing groups for reflexive practitioners. Gail co-founded The Pink Practice in London, UK, which pioneered systemic social constructionist therapy for the lesbian, gay, trans and queer communities. She has edited books on systemic practice and research and is editor of Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice.Koen Sipsstudied Organizational Psychology and worked as a research assistant at the KU Leuven (Belgium). He carried out research and consulted on the dynamics of organization development and management, with a special interest in teamwork, self-management and new organizational forms. Koen worked in various national and international projects on multi-actor collaboration and complex socio-technical problems, with a focus on sustainable natural resources. He currently works as an independent consultant and action researcher at Point Consulting Group and Cycloop. He is a regular guest lecturer at KU Leuven, University of Antwerp and Nijenrode Business University.Sally St. Georgeis Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary and a Family Therapist and Clinical Supervisor at the Calgary Family Therapy Centre. She conducts workshops on family therapy and qualitative inquiry. Sally serves on the Boards of Directors for the Taos Institute, an organization dedicated to developing social constructionist practices worldwide, and the Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work, which involves co-developing transformative practices in social work education. For the last 20 years, Sally has worked on The Qualitative Report and is currently Senior Editor for this online journal.Jacob Storchhas more than 20 years of consulting experience and is an experienced scholar. Today he works as a practice researcher combining his experiences in consulting and research in addressing the most complex challenges within the public sector in the Nordic countries. He holds a doctoral degree in applied social science and is the CEO and founder of Joint Action Analytics, as well as an adjunct associate professor at Aarhus University. He has a long list of publications in international journals and has authored six books on leadership, consulting and welfare development.Tom Strongis a professor and counsellor-educator who recently retired from the University of Calgary. He writes on the collaborative, critical and practical potentials of discursive approaches to psychotherapy – most recently on concept critique and development (particularly with respect to therapy and research), and critical mental health. Among Tom's books are Medicalizing Counselling: Issues and Tensions, Patterns in Interpersonal Interactions (co-edited with Karl Tomm, Sally St. George and Dan Wulff), Social Constructionism: Sources and Stirrings in Theory and Practice (co-authored with Andy Lock) and Furthering Talk (with David Paré).Tharsi Taillieuis Professor Emeritus of Work and Organization Psychology associated with the University of Tilburg (Netherlands) and the KU Leuven (Belgium). He carries out research concerning processes of cooperation and collaboration (social learning, managing of interdependencies) in interorganizational networks such as business alliances, co-makerships and public–private partnerships. Lately, his focus of attention has shifted towards similar dynamics in the management of natural resources and transitions towards sustainability.Erin W. Tayloris an Associate with ICW Consulting and is a professional educator specializing in bridging food security and education. Erin's work and interests focus on using land, food and facilitation to build and heal people's relationships with place, identity and human systems. She works from the principles of anti-oppression movements, and both school-based and outdoor education. She brings these approaches together in her work as a facilitator and in helping organizations use their core values to shape design decisions. In addition to her work with ICW she consults independently to non-profits on both organizational and curriculum development, works as a middle school teacher in public schools, and is the Food Education Manager at Colorado Springs Food Rescue. She holds a BA in Community Health and a Master of Arts in Teaching, both from Tufts University.Karl Tommis Professor of Psychiatry in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. He is also the Director of the Calgary Family Therapy Centre which he founded in 1973. He is deeply interested in the application of systems theory, narrative theory, social constructionism, bringforthism, and second order cybernetics to therapy. He has focused on clarifying different patterns of interpersonal interaction, different kinds of questions therapists can ask, the influence on therapists of the distinctions they make regarding their clients, the effects of social injustice on families, and on explicating the possible therapeutic and counter therapeutic effects of the interviewing process itself.Amanda Trosten-Bloomis a Principal with the Corporation for Positive Change and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Center for Positive Change: consultancies dedicated to furthering applying the principles and advancing the practices of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and related transformational processes. She is a widely acclaimed consultant, master trainer, author and pioneer in the use of AI for high engagement, whole system change. Her award-winning work in the areas of strategic planning, culture transformation and organizational excellence spans the business, non-profit and government sectors. Along with Diana Whitney she has co-authored four books, namely, The Power of Appreciative Inquiry, Appreciative Leadership, Appreciative Team Building and the Encyclopedia of Positive Questions. In addition, she has written more than a dozen articles and book chapters.Paul N. Uhligis a cardiothoracic surgeon, and associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita, Kansas. His professional interests include collaborative care with active engagement of patients and families, interprofessional education, healthcare simulation/experiential learning, and patient safety. His research and teaching utilize social science methods to study and transform healthcare practice culture. He is a Co-Founder of the Collaborative Care Learning Network and an Associate of the Taos Institute.Ilene C. Wassermanis President of ICW Consulting, has over 30 years of experience in Leadership Development, Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting. Ilene helps her clients leverage multiple dimensions of domestic and global diversity by enhancing communication and collaboration. Ilene takes a strengths-based, action learning approach, aligning goals, behaviours and actions. Consultations have included retreats for leadership teams, developing internal work teams and leading large strategic change initiatives. In addition to consulting and coaching, Ilene teaches at the graduate level. She is a Senior Leadership Fellow at the McNulty Leadership Program at the Wharton School, an executive coach with Wharton Executive Education and faculty at PCOM. Ilene holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Development, and a Masters in Counselling Psychology and Social Work. She is the author of Communicating Possibilities: A Brief Introduction to the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) and Peer Coaching at Work: Principles and Practices.Peter Whitehouseis a Professor of Neurology and former/current professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Bioethics, History, Nursing and Organizational Behaviour at Case Western Reserve University, Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Honorary Research Fellow at Oxford University and Founding President of Intergenerational Schools International. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and MD-PhD (Psychology) from The Johns Hopkins University, followed by a Fellowship in Neuroscience and Psychiatry and a faculty appointment at Hopkins. His current main foci are on ecopsychosocial models of brain health and aging and the role of the arts and humanities in health. Peter considers himself a wising-up, intergenerative, transdisciplinary, action-oriented scholar and emerging artist. And he believes in the magic of relationships too.Diana Whitneyis an internationally acclaimed consultant, writer and inspirational speaker working at the forefront of the fields of dialogic organization development and positive social change. Dr Whitney is best known for her work applying Appreciative Inquiry and Appreciative Leadership to strategic large-scale organization culture change. She is an executive advisor, founder of the Corporation for Positive Change and co-founder of the Taos Institute. She is an award-winning author of 20 books and dozens of chapters and articles. Her books include The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change; Appreciative Leadership: Focus on What Works to Drive Winning Performance and Build a Thriving Organization; and most recently, Thriving Women, Thriving World: An Invitation to Dialogue, Healing and Inspired Actions.Michael Williamsis Head of Guidance and Counselling at Edgewater College, a co-educational, multicultural high school in Auckland, New Zealand. He first used Undercover Anti-bullying Teams in 2004 and has since used them successfully over 60 times. His partnership with John Winslade goes back nearly 20 years and together they have written many journal articles on Undercover Anti-bullying Teams and co-authored Safe and Peaceful Schools in 2012. Michael has a Masters degree in Education from the University of Waikato, the place where their friendship began. He continues to speak nationally and internationally on topics related to narrative approaches to conflict resolution and reintegration after disciplinary actions, and consults with schools about whole school approaches to creating safe and peaceful school communities.Morgan Mann Willismakes room for media-based organizing work to thrive. Morgan is the past associate director at Allied Media Projects, where she produced the Allied Media Conference for seven years. As an independent consultant, Morgan works with creative projects and community-driven organizations to clarify their vision, strengthen leadership and make room for them to sustainably flourish. In 2016 she edited bklyn boihood's IPPY-award winning anthology, Outside the XY: Queer, Black and Brown Masculinity. In 2017, Morgan was the inaugural Roxane Gay fellow at the Jack Jones Literary Arts Retreat, where she worked on her forthcoming novel, Politics from Nowhere. More often than not her heart is camping in Idlewild, Michigan and with her two nieces.John Winsladeis an Emeritus Professor of Counseling at California State University, San Bernardino. He was formerly Director of Counselor Education at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and Coordinator of Counseling Programs at California State University San Bernardino. Also at California State University San Bernardino he was the Associate Dean of the College of Education. He is the co-author of 12 books on narrative mediation and narrative practice, as well as many articles and has taught workshops on narrative practice in 25 countries. Since he is now retired, he lives in New Zealand to be closer to his family.Stanley L. Witkinis Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of Vermont and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the co-founder (with Dennis Saleebey) and current president of the Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work (www.gptsw.net), an organization that uses social constructionist and related dialogues to explore ways of enriching relationships that support the generation of just and sustainable futures. In addition to several journal publications and book chapters, recent books include: Transforming Social Work: Social Constructionist Perspectives on Contemporary and Enduring Issues (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), Narrating Social Work Through Autoethnography (Columbia University Press, 2014) and Social Construction and Social Work Practice: Interpretations and Innovations (Columbia University Press, 2011). Presently, Stanley lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with his spouse, Frannie, and their precocious dog, Pekoe.Dan Wulffis a Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary and has served as a Family Therapist and Clinical Supervisor at the Calgary Family Therapy Centre for the past 12 years. He has recently incorporated the examination of societal discourses and the impacts of material life conditions into his work with families. Dan also serves on the Boards of Directors for the Taos Institute and the Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work as well as serving as a Co-Editor of The Qualitative Report. Dan teaches graduate-level social work practice and research courses and has taught post-structural family therapy at Blue Quills College and Grande Prairie Regional College, both in northern Alberta.Danielle P. Zandeeis Professor of Sustainable Organizational Development at Nyenrode Business Universiteit in the Netherlands. She obtained her PhD in Organizational Behavior at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. As a scholar-practitioner, Danielle facilitates change and conducts action research for social innovation in settings like Dutch healthcare organizations, municipalities and the fire service. She does so from a critical appreciative stance with a keen interest in the micro-dynamics of change. Danielle has published about appreciative inquiry as action research, organizational discourse and institutional change, and about how organization development can help handle the grand challenges of our time. Danielle is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and the Journal of Management Inquiry. She is an active member of the Academy of Management and Past Chair of its Organization Development & Change Division.