Northern Connections

We have been looking for people interested in the combination of software practice and appreciative inquiry all over the world. It turns out that we should have looked closer to home. Michel Avital, University of Amsterdam, pointed out that there are several researchers at Luleå University of Technology who have published several articles with this theme. We are glad to have made the acquaintance and are happy to share the references:

M. Holst and A. Ståhlbröst. “Needfinding through Narrative Inquiry in Systems Design”, Soliman, K., The 5th IBIMA International Conference on Internet & Information Technology in Modern Organizations, 13-15 Dec 2005, at Cairo, Egypt. 88-95,

A. Ståhlbröst and M. Holst, “Appreciating Needs for Innovative IT Design”. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management 6 (4):37-46, 2006.

B. Bergvall-Kåreborn, “Creating a New Leverage Point for Information Systems Development”. In Avital, M., Boland. R., and Cooperrider, D. (eds). Advances in Appreciative Inquiry – Designing Information and Organisations with a Positive Lens. Elsevier (2007, In press)