Champlain College’s Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry partners with Vermont’s Equity Corporation
Champlain College’s Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry is teaming up with Vermont’s nuwave Equity Corporation in a bid to transform workplace culture.
Through the partnership, both organizations aim to increase the integration of Appreciative Inquiry into organizational culture through educational content, case studies and evidence-based tools.
Appreciative Inquiry is a methodology for identifying and scaling organizational core strengths. The Cooperrider Center, based at Champlain College, is the only academic institution focused on advancing research, education and practice on the methodology.
The partnership builds on an existing collaboration between Champlain College and intelligence company nuwave, which will work with the Cooperrider Center to create practical resources for organizations looking to evolve their cultures.
“At nuwave, we believe culture is the engine of performance,” explains Emiliano Void, founder and CEO of nuwave Equity Corporation. “Appreciative Inquiry helps our clients build on their strengths to create meaningful, lasting change. Partnering with the Cooperrider Center brings unmatched expertise to this work, and we’re thrilled to be learning and building together.”
“This partnership brings together a shared commitment to redefining how organizations approach change,” adds Dr. Lindsey Godwin, Academic Director of the Cooperrider Center. “We’re excited to collaborate with nuwave to expand the evidence base for Appreciative Inquiry, bring strength-based consulting to more organizations, and create tools that help leaders cultivate cultures where people and performance flourish.”
The news follows shortly after Champlain College announced a partnership with AI company Anthropic, giving students, faculty, and staff access to Claude Pro, the company’s AI assistant.
