Introduction to positive design and appreciative construction : from sustainable development to sustainable value / Tojo Thatchenkery, Michel Avital and David L. Cooperrider -- Creating sustainable value : a strength-based whole system approach / Chris Laszlo and David L. Cooperrider -- designing a positive image : corporate branding and social responsibility / Mary Jo Hatch and Philip H. Mirvis -- Bridging design and management for sustainability : epistemological problems and possibilities / Ulla Johansson and Jill Woodilla -- A whole new value : driving innovation, sustainability and prosperity through appreciative inquiry / Nadya Zhexembayeva -- The road to sustainable value : the path-dependent construction of sustainable innovation as sociomaterial practices in the car industry / Wietske Van Osch and Michel Avital -- Stewardship design principles : learning from living systems (BIRDS) to codesign fast-forward futures / Anthony E. Smith -- Forms of government and systemic sustainability : a positive design approach to the design of information systems / Kenneth E. Kendall and Julie E. Kendall -- The generative potential of participatory geographic information systems / Dirk S. Hovorka and Nancy Auerbach -- The art museum as laboratory for re-imagining a sustainable future / Theresa McNichol -- Two inquiry-based approaches to sustainable value : positive design and integrative thinking / David Dunne -- Sustainability and organizational change : employees perspective on the case of streamline manufacturing / Hilary Bradbury-Huang -- Appreciative intelligence in action : a case study of sustainable value creation by Irupana Organic Food of Bolivia / Michael Daniel Metzger, Héctor Martinez and Miguel Angel Lopez -- Social entrepreneurship : a model for sustainable value creation / Michael Pirson -- Sustainability and impact of microfinance institutions : a case study of ACCION San Diego / Kokila Doshi -- Positive design and construction of mechanisms for the sustainable development of micro-enterprises in Africa / Carol Dalglish and Judy Matthews -- Creating macro actors for sustainable development / Chester C. Warzynski and Alesia Krupenikava.

This volume is focused on sustainable value which has become a widespread aspiration in all walks of life. By taking a generative approach and by building on positive design principles inherent in the appreciative inquiry methodology, we propose moving from sustainable development to sustainable value. what several articles, including David's on Sustainable innovationut design in scrimination that you feel so stChapters focus on three thematic areas. Contributors to the first one, positive design for sustainable value, respond to questions such as: How can the design approach help enhance the sustainable value over profit value? What needs to happen to create a vibrant community of practice among design practitioners, scientists, business and political leaders? Contributors to the second thematic area, Appreciative Intelligence and Social Innovation for Sustainable Value, provide case studies that will show that by reframing global problems with an appreciative lens, organizations of all sorts can indeed create social innovation and even establish a business case for sustainable value. The third thematic area is focused on social entrepreneurship for sustainable value. Social entrepreneurship bridges the gap among established organizations such as the businesses, and citizen initiatives and has the greatest potential for validating sustainable value as a legitimate goal for organizations of all sorts. Organizations such as the Ashoka have demonstrated the power of wide-spread social entrepreneurship. Contributors to this area provide lessons learned from high impact social entrepreneurship and conceptualize how this nascent movement with unbridled potential may contribute to the radical shift necessary for moving from sustainable development to sustainable value.

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