August 13, 2015: Appreciative Intelligence® Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn. HUD Learning, Enrichment, and Resource Network, Washington, DC.
June 16, 2015: Discovering Common Ground in Challenging Situations. USPS OIG Regional Conference in Arlington, VA.
June 11, 2015: Strategies for Thriving in a Changing Environment. Operations Policy and Country Services, The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC
December 15, 2014: Appreciative Sharing of Knowledge (ASK): Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change. Leading People Series, U.S. Treasury Executive Institute, Washington, DC.
November 5, 2014: Developing Your Appreciative Intelligence® for Innovation. University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
October 1, 2014: Leveraging Social Capital and Quiet Leadership. Leading People Series, U.S. Treasury Executive Institute, Washington, DC
August 25, 2014: Developing Multiple Styles of Leadership for Creating Innovation. 7th Annual Ascend National Convention, Washington, DC.
April 11, 2014: Minding Your Mindful Leadership: Leading to Well-Being Conference. Fairfax, VA.
December 5, 2013: Co-chair remarks, the International Conference on Management Cases, Greater NOIDA, India.
November 19, 2013: Strategies for Thriving in a Changing Environment: The Power of Appreciative Intelligence. Talk given to the employees of the Social Security Administration, Fairfax, Va.
November 18, 2013: Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change. Talk given for over 40 senior executive officers (SES) of various departments of the federal government at the Treasury Executive Institute, Washington DC.
July 10, 2013: Appreciative Intelligence for Professional Growth. Career Mini Conference, Metro DC, American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), Arlington, VA.
June 3, 2013: “Invisible Leadership: Valuing Different Ways of Leading and Creating Innovation.” Keynote at the Annual Collegiate Information and Visitor Services Association national conference, Alexandria, Virginia.
November 29, 2012: Co-chair remarks, the International Conference on Management Cases, Greater NOIDA, India.
June 24, 2012: “Invisible Leadership: Valuing Different Ways of Leading and Creating Innovation. Keynote at the USPS Career Conference, Bolger Center, Potomac, MD.
May 10, 2012. “Creating Empathic Learning Cultures for Innovation and Agility.” Keynote at the Learning Practitioners' Forum, the IFC and the World Bank, May 10.
April 8, 2011. “Invisible Leadership: Reframing Mental Models for Valuing Different Ways of Leading and Creating Transformation. ” Leading to Well-Being Conference. Fairfax, VA.
December 2, 2010. “Invisible Leadership: Expanding Our Horizon of Valuing Different Ways of Leading and Creating Innovation.” International Conference on Business, ICBC 2010. Ghaziabad (India).
November 19, 2010. “Leading Change through the Power of Appreciative Intelligence.” University of Tampere, Finland.
Sept 16, 2010: "Invisible Leadership – Changing Times." Management and Organizational Effectiveness Forum of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
July 9, 2010. “Reframing for Sustainability: Approaches to Discovering and Practicing Sustainable Value.” Institute of Advanced Studies, Colorado Springs, Colorado. U.S.A.
May 25, 2010. “Invisible Leadership: Expanding Our Horizon of Valuing Different Ways of Leading and Creating Innovation.” Asian Network Group (PANG) Fifth Annual Meeting sponsored by Sodexo International.
May 22, 2010: "Leadership and Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn." Management of Innovation International Conference, Poznan, Poland.
May 18, 2010: "Appreciative Intelligence for Innovation & Leadership." Center for Leadership Excellence, Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD.
March, 19, 2010: "Leading Change and Innovation through the Power of Appreciative Intelligence." Leadership and Positive Psychology Conference, The Center for Consciousness and Transformation, Fairfax, Va.
March 15, 2010: "Leading Change through the Power of Appreciative Intelligence. " The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
January 19, 2010: "Leading Change through the Power of Appreciative Intelligence." Senior Leadership Forum on "Leading Organizational Change to Maximize Results." Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
The Role of Appreciative Intelligence in Creating High Performing Organizations. Plenary Keynote, International Conference on Business Cases, ICBC 2009. India. November 26, 2009.
Reframing sustainability: Approaches to discovering and practicing sustainable value in an information-rich society.Interactive workshop session at Colorado Technical University, July 18, 2009, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Thatchenkery, Tojo (2009). Organizational Culture and Appreciative Intelligence. Key note at Seoul School of Integrated Science and Technologies, Global MBA gathering, Seoul, South Korea.
Thatchenkery, Tojo (2009). Reframing Work: The Power of Appreciative Intelligence. Keynote for the Partners in Growth Series, the Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, VA.
The Role of Appreciative Intelligence in Creating High Performing Organizations: A Case Study of Rocky Flats Nuclear Waste Cleanup. Paper presentation for International Conference on Management Cases
December 1-2, 2008, IMT Ghaziabad, India (with Irma Firbida).
Developing your Appreciative Intelligence for Innovation and Transformational Change. Keynote at the 30th International Organization Development Conference at Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. October 31, 2008.
Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management. Seminar for Sabanci University Executive Education Unit, Istanbul, Turkey, September 15, 2008.
Missing in Mobility: An Analysis of Leadership Invisibility of Asian Americans in Organizations. Paper presentation at the 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 8-13, 2008 Anaheim, CA. (with Keimei Sugiyama)
Game-Changing Questions: Seeking Futures outside a ‘Development’ Paradigm. Symposium presentation at the 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 8-13, 2008. Anaheim, CA. (with Jessica Heineman-Pieper)
Organizational Improvement through Appreciative Intelligence. Symposium presentation at the 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 8-13, 2008 Anaheim, CA. (with Kevin McGee)
Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management. Seminar for Sabanci University Executive Education Unit, Istanbul, Turkey, September 15, 2008
Appreciative Intelligence, Opportunity Recognition, and Economic Development: Inventing – Innovating – Interpreting the BRIC nations. Proceedings of the Management of Meaning in Organizations International Conference, June 26-28, 2008. Poznan, Poland.
Positive Design by Appreciative Intelligence: A Case Study of Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility Cleanup. Paper presentation at the Technology, Design and Management: Creating New Models of Possibility for All conference, April 3-5, 2008, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico (with Irma Firbida).
Endogeny within the Endogenous: The Role of Appreciative Intelligence in regional economic development. International Workshop on Regional Endogenous Development, Brisbane, Australia, February 14-15, 2008 (with Jessica Heineman-Pieper)
Appreciative Intelligence: An Approach for Leadership and Organizational Transformation. Fairfax County Millennium Forum Series, November 28, 2007. Fairfax, VA.
Innovation, Knowledge Sharing, and Appreciative Intelligence. Universidad Adolfo Ibanez Center for Innovation. November 19, 2007. Santiago, Chile.
Appreciative Intelligence for business and social entrepreneurs. International Conference on Appreciative Inquiry: The Power of Positive Change. September 16-19, 2007. Orlando, FL (with Sheila McNamee)
Using Appreciative Intelligence in critical research. Organization Development & Change Division- sponsored workshop, Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 4-8, 2007. Philadelphia.
Appreciative inquiry to Appreciative Intelligence: Reframing to enhance positive intelligence. Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 4-8, 2007 Philadelphia.
Appreciative inquiry to Appreciative Intelligence: Positive approaches for individual and organizational change. Workshop, Center for Social and Organizational Leadership, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, July 28, 2007. Mumbai, India.
Transforming through Appreciative Intelligence. Keynote, Transforming Local Government (TLG) Conference, June 7, 2007. Bellevue, Washington.
Appreciative Intelligence: A case study of transforming organizational performance in the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. Transforming Local Government (TLG) Conference, June 6-8, 2007. Bellevue, Washington (with Kevin McGee).
Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn: Appreciative Intelligence. Ledgehill Leadership Workshop, May 9 - 11, 2007. Halifax. Canada.
Entrepreneurial cognition, opportunity recognition, and Appreciative Intelligence. The 3rd Entrepreneurship Research Conference at Mason, December 8, 2006. Fairfax, VA.
Design with Appreciative Intelligence. Keynote, International Conference on Designing Information and Organizations with a Positive Lens, November 11-12, 2006. Cleveland, OH.
Entrepreneurial cognition and Appreciative Intelligence: Understanding entrepreneurial actions in the Indian context. Global Conference on Job and Wealth Creation through Entrepreneurship. October26-28, 2006. Gurgaon, India.
Appreciative Intelligence and innovation. Management Sciences Association meeting, October 26, 2006, New Delhi, India.
Appreciative Intelligence for HR Professionals. Workshop, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, January 6, 2006. Mumbai, India.
Appreciative Intelligence for Software Professionals and Leaders, Workshop, Tata Consulting Services, December 18, 2005. Chennai, India.
Positively M.A.D.: The Role of Appreciative Intelligence and High Quality Connections. Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 6-10, 2005 Hawaii.
Appreciative Intelligence for change management. Management Development Institute. August 2, 2004. Gurgaon, India.
Competing in the global market place with Appreciative Intelligence and winning: A strategy for Ecuador. Key-note, QuitoChamber of Commerce National Seminar. May 21, 2004. Quito, Ecuador.