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Conversation as Catalyst for Regenerative Business

What If the Most Powerful Lever for Building a Better World Begins With a Different Kind of Conversation?

November 2025

ABSTRACT

This article highlights how two Appreciative Inquiry practices – generative questions and positive framing – have catalyzed regenerative business practices in two businesses. We draw upon regenerativity and conversational architecture to show how the nature of conversations can catalyze the dynamic capability to flourish.

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Author: Cheri Torres

Cheri Torres, PhD, CWH Institute, strives for the “simple on the other side of complex.” She supports leaders in education and business develop a (re)generative culture of wellbeing, engagement, and success by practicing Conversations Worth Having.

Contact: cheri@conversationsworthhaving.today

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Author: Jacqueline Stavros

Jackie Stavros, DM, is a professor at Lawrence Technological University’s College of Business and co-founder of CWH Institute. Her passion is working with others to learn how to apply Appreciative Inquiry in conversations to fuel productive and meaningful engagement.

Contact: jstavros@ltu.edu

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Author: Michael Emmart

Michael Emmart, EdD, is an assistant professor at Keuka College and Executive Director of the Institute for Just Outcomes through Conversation. He works at the intersection of research and practice, applying insights from positive organizational science to strengthen systems-community engagement.

Contact: michael.emmart@case.edu

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Author: Toni Benner

Toni Benner, DODC, fellow at Cleveland Clinic, designs dynamic teaming workshops and training that build capabilities for meaningful collaboration, teamwork, and change. She holds a Master’s in Organization Development from Case Western Reserve University and a doctorate in Organization Development and Change from Bowling Green State University.

Contact: Toni@lhc2020.com

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