Jackie is a management consultant and professor in the College of Business and IT at Lawrence Technological University. She is the co-author of many articles and books: Conversations Worth Having: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Drive Productive and Meaningful Engagement (www.ConversationsWorthHaving.today) and SOAR Thin Book: Creating Strategies That Inspire Innovation and Engagement (soar -strategy.com).

He has worked in all sectors, including for-profit, non-profit, government, and a wide spectrum of industries. He has worked in 25 countries using Appreciative Inquiry (AI) to affect the lives of thousands of people and hundreds of organizations improve the ability to increase performance.

His research draws on artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and positive psychology to help others understand how their conversations influence their well-being and ability to succeed.

She is on a mission to co-create a global movement for conversations worth having to recognize the humanity of others and create organizations and communities that work for everyone. He earned a Ph.D. in Management in Capacity Building with an Appreciative Approach: A Relational Process to Build the Future of Your Organization at Case University.