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Publications & Presentations

Learn about Neil’s contributions to the leadership and business literature ​

  • Thriving by Design: Creating the Strengths-Based Workplace: with Bernard Mohr: Anticipated Publication: 2020
  • Safety Conversations: Catching Drift and Weak Signals: Professional Safety: January 2015
  • Mindful Conversations for Relationship-Based Safety: Presentation at the National Safety Council Congress: September, 2014
  • Relationship-Based Safety: Getting Below the Waterline for Next Step Performance: Presentation at the Bay Area Safety Symposium; March, 2014
  • Diversity, Inclusion and the Ladder of Inference: In: Handbook of Strategic HR; p. 147-152; American Management Association; 2012
  • The Appreciative Governance Summit: Creating the Social Architecture for Engagement, Innovation, and Productivity: Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner: May 2012 (with Bernard Mohr)
  • Our Journey: Reflections on our Collaboration Studio: Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner: November 2011
  • On Human Capacity: Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner: November 2011 (with Joan Hoxsey, Sallie Lee, and Cheri Torres)
  • Organization Design Principles for Appreciative Governance: Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner: November 2011 (with Cheri Torres)
  • Strength-Based Assessment for Individual and Team Development: OD Practitioner Vol. 42 No. 3, (with Joan Hoxsey) 2010
  • AI and Strengths in Whole School Transformation: Presentation at Putting Happiness and Well-Being at the Heart of Education Conference; Wellington College, October 1010
  • Co-editor, May, 2010 Issue of Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner
  • Brilliant! The Heathside School Story: A Case Study of Whole School Transformation using Appreciative Inquiry: Kingsham Press Ltd., U.K.: July, 2009
  • Intergenerational Dialogue in Schools: School Board Chairman Reflects on his Student Interview and the Impact of Whole School Inquiry: Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner: May 2009
  • Developing Outstanding Leadership Teams at BP: Linkages Best of OD Summit: May 2007 (Presented with the President of BP Alaska)
  • A Conversational Model for Organizational Change: Linkages Best of OD Summit: May, 2006
  • Appreciative Inquiry in Small Organizations: Linkages Best of OD Summit: May, 2006
  • A Viral Approach to Creating an Appreciative Organization at BP: Presentation at the Second International Conference on Appreciative Inquiry; Miami, Florida; September, 2004
  • Positive Change Corps: An Example of Appreciative Organizing: Presentation at the Second International Conference on Appreciative Inquiry; Miami, Florida; September, 2004
  • Accelerating Strategy Implementation at BP: “Fresh Air” from an AI Summit: Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner; February 2004 (with Bernard Mohr and Clare Wale)
  • The Heathside Story- A Whole Systems Appreciative Approach to Strategic Planning: Presentation at the Case Western Reserve University Conference on Strength-Based Whole Systems Change in Education: Cleveland, Ohio; November 2003
  • Diversity, Inclusion and the Ladder of Inference: OD Practitioner; 2003.
  • Applying Strength Based Whole Systems Change in a New Frontier- pre K-12 Schools: Midwest Academy of Management Conference; St. Louis; 2003.
  • Changing the Way We Change at Heathside School; Managing Schools Today; U.K.; 2002.
  • Appreciative Approach to Change: Presentation to the US Navy Postgraduate School; Monterey, California; 2002