The Collaborative Developmental Action Inquiry Fellowship and The Action Inquiry Fellows
The Founding of the CDAI Fellowship
Over the past seven years Bill Torbert has invited friends and colleagues who wish, for both professional and personal reasons, to engage in transformational inquiry and action toward embodying the Alchemical leadership action-logic in their work, their friendships, and their everyday lives… to participate with him in 3-day Alchemists’ Workparties.
In early 2012, Bill invited more than two dozen friends and colleagues from the arts, the sciences, and the professions to become Action Inquiry Fellows. More recently, the Fellowing Trio of the CDAI Fellowship [the leadership trio concerned with governance) makes such invitations. To qualify for consideration, the prospective Fellow will have participated in one or more Alchemists’ Workparties… will have continued working with Bill or other CDAI Fellows since… and will be willing to commit, in communion with all the Fellows, to enacting the following mission:
We embrace a commitment to timely action inquiry
That plays a collaborative and transforming role
On behalf of developing, amongst ourselves and across generations
Personal integrity and friendly mutuality,
As well as a just and sustainable society.
Action Inquiry Fellows contribute, not only to one another’s continuing development and to the integrity, mutuality, and sustainability of Action Inquiry Associates, but also to the AIA activities, and to the AIA cyber public library.
See additional fun CDAI Resources (a film of the Dance of the Action-Logics, a Star Trek story illustrating the action-logics of the Enterprise crew and a brief love affair, etc. CDAI Fellowship Resources)
Meet the Action Inquiry Fellows
Jane Allen, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England
janecatherineallen@icloud.com
Hilary Bradbury, Portland OR
Professor of Management
Oregon Health & Sciences U.
Editor-in-Chief, Action Research
hilary@bradbury-huang.net
Ian Byrne, London UK
Managing Partner Europe, Sequoia Change
ianbyrne@sequoiachange.com
Dana Carman, Ashland OR
Principal, Integral Consulting
dana@danacarmanintegral.com
Danielle Conroy, San Rafael CA
Consultant, MetaIntegral Associates
danielleconroy@metaintegra.com
Anne Donald, Oxford UK,
OxfordMeta,
anne.donald@oxfordmeta.co.uk
Aftab Erfan, Vancouver CAN
Deep Democracy
PhD Student, Urban Planning,
U. of British Columbia
aftab.erfan@gmail.com
Erica Foldy, New York NY
Associate Professor,
Wagner School of Public Service,
NYU
erica.foldy@nyu.edu
Julie Freyberg, Seattle WA
Financial & Organizational Consultant
freebird@well.com
Elaine Herdman-Barker, Sonning UK
Director, Herdman Barker Associates
Lead scorer, Global Leadership Profile
elaine@gla.global
Heidi Gutekunst, Helsinki, Finland,
Amara Collaboration,
heidi@amara.fi
Jason Harrison, London UK,
DifferentBiz,
jason@different.biz
Sandra Hayes,New York NY
CGlobal Consulting
sandra.hayes@cglobal.com
Richard Izard, London, England
Organic Leadership Ltd
rich@gla.org
Ed Kelly, Dublin IRE
Network Matters
ekelly11@gmail.com
Michael Krot, San Francisco CA
Co-CEO and Managing Partner, Americas
Sequoia Change
michael.krot@sequoiachange.com
Valerie Livesay, San Diego CA,
Assistant Professor, National University
vlivesay@sandiego.edu
David McCallum SJ, Syracuse NY
Chief Mission Officer & Acting Dean Of the Business School
Le Moyne College
davidmccallumsj@gmail.com
Grady McGonagill, Boston MA
Principal, McGonagill Consulting
grady@mcgonagill-consulting.com
Jesse McKay, Munich GE
Systems Engineer, INSYEN, European Space Agency
Organizational Development Consultant
in Russia, USA and Australia
jesmckay@gmail.com
Veronica Menduina, Alicante, Spain
Consultant, GLP in Spanish
veronica@veronicamenduina.com
Keith Merron, San Rafael CA,
Coach, Consultant, Author, Teaches at Hult Business School
keithmerron@comcast.net
Cara Miller, San Diego CA
Interindependent Researcher & Consultant
miller@sandiego.edu
Aliki Nicolaides, Athens GA
Assistant Professor of Adult Education,
U. of Georgia
alikiirini@gmail.com
Nick Owen, London, England
Principal, Nick Owen Associates
nick@nickowen.net
Robin Postel, Tempe AZ
Founder, TLIO – Transformational Learning for Individuals & Organizations
robin@tlio.com
Irena Pranskeviciute, Vilnius, Lithuania,
Amara Collaboration,
irena@amara.fi
John Sabbage, Kent UK
Senior Scorer, Global Leadership Profile
johnsabbage@btinternet.com
Sophie Sabbage, Kent UK
Managing Director, Interaction Ltd
Senior Trainer, More To Life Program
sophie@interactionuk.com
Yumi Sera, Tokyo, Japan
ChangeAgent
yumirx7@gmail.com
Shakiyla Smith, Atlanta GA
Center for Disease Control
shakiylasmith@gmail.com
Mary Stacey, Toronto CAN
Principal, Context Management Consulting, Inc.
mary.stacey@contextconsulting.com
Lisa Stefanac
, Mill Valley CA
Principal, Quoia & Company
NTL Member
Lisa.Stefanac@quoialeadership.com
Herb Stevenson, Cleveland OH
Cleveland Consulting Group
herb@clevelandconsultinggroup.com
Brian Sumner, Revelstoke CAN
Independent Organisation Development Consultant
British Columbia Ministry for Children and Families
briansumner@rctvonline.net
Steven S. Taylor, Worcester MA
Assoc. Professor & Director, Copenhagen Project Center
Worcester Polytechnic Institute School of Business
Editor-in-Chief, Organizational Aesthetics
sst@wpi.edu
William R. Torbert, Newton MA
Principal, Action Inquiry Associates
Leadership Professor Emeritus, Boston College
torbert@bc.edu
Pablo Tovar, Alicante, Spain
Addventure
pablo.tovar@addventure.es
Nancy C. Wallis, Santa Barbara CA
Principal, Wallis Consulting
www.drnancywallis.com
Joel Yanowitz, San Francisco CA,
The Cascade Group
jy@innovationassociates.com
Karen Yeyinmen, Cambridge MA
Editor and Co-Chair, Harvard Educational Review,
Doctoral Student in Adult Development, HGSE
kyeyinmen@gmail.com
Gayle Karen Young, San Francisco CA
Chief Talent and Culture Officer,
Wikimedia Foundation
gyoung@wikimedia.org
Founding Friends of Action Inquiry
Pacey Foster, Boston MA
Assistant Professor of Management,
UMass
pacey.foster@umb.edu
Jennifer Garvey Berger, Paikakariki NZ
Partner, Cultivating Leadership
jennifer@cultivatingleadership.com
Peter Haines, Boston MA
Sculptor
peter.decamp.haines@gmail.com
Anne Lancaster, Seattle WA
Lancaster Consulting LLC
Founder of the Community Artists Program
annelanc@gmail.com
John McGuire, Colorado Springs CO
Senior Faculty
Center for Creative Leadership
mcguire@ccl.org
Charles J. Palus, Philadelphia PA
Senior Faculty in Research, Innovation, & Product Dev.
Center for Creative Leadership
palusc@ccl.org
Jenny W. Rudolph, Boston MA
Director, Institute for Medical Simulation Graduate Programs
Harvard Medical School & Mass General Hospital
JWRudolph@partners.org