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Ren Associates

grow imagination~drive appreciative change

imaginement™

~ a systems thinking reset that integrates attentional seeing and listening with critical thinking skills. Only by moving beyond literal seeing to creatively perceiving patterns can ideation spark innovation. Imaginement provides the tools based on framework developed over twenty years that enhances one’s ability to actualize these creative potentialities.

Recent news...

McNichol was interviewed along with colleague Karen Davis on the topic of wisdom for the recent edition of Global Community for Future of Organizational Development, GCFOD.

Read the interview that begins on page four:

http://tinyurl.com/clo8dra

 

"Is there a place Self-Cultivation in the Workplace?" McNichol facilitated the table discussion on the Art of Self-Cultivation at the January 15  GCFOD's event to design the future of OD. Join the continuing discussion on GCFOD Group LinkedIn page.

McNichol is preparing for publication an updated version of her presentation "Networked Wise Management: How Self-Cultivation in the Classical Confucian Tradition Became the Way of a Global Governance Model" that was well-received at the Wise Management Conference held in Shanghai from May 23-24, 2012. She also presented at the annual conference of The Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum October 4-6, in Grand Rapids, MI.

 

 


NY Times Photo Tomas Saraceno Venice Biennale 09

Did you know that...

  • McNichol's "The Art Museum as Laboratory for Re-Imagining a Sustainable Future" is included as a chapter in Part III: Appreciative Intelligence Perspectives Advances in Appreciative Inquiry- Positive Design and Appreciative Construction: From Sustainable Development to Sustainable Value v.3. Thatchenkery,T., Cooperrider, D. &Avital, M. (Volume Eds). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2010.

  

  • McNichol's  "Appreciative Inquiry case study: executive MBA candidates, " is included in the Mental Models chapter, in the bestselling The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook: When It All Comes Together. Jeana Wirtenberg, William G. Russell, and David Lipsy, eds.

  • Terri McNichol has been a regular contributor to South Korea's artEzine that is published in both Korean and English.

 


Ren Associates brings its unique combination of transdisciplinary expertise and approaches to deliver positive results in organizations. We believe that the arts are an integral part of strategy, change and wise leadership. We believe that cultivating judgment rather than just analytical tools is the way to transformation both of the individual and the world.

Contact: Terri McNichol, President, Ren Associates
Mail to:
1A Wyckoff Mills Road
Cranbury NJ 08512
Telephone +1-609-371-5354   
Cell +1-609-638-5878     
E. tmcnichol@renassociates.com

grow imagination ~ drive appreciative change