Putting Hope to Work: Five Principles to Activate Your Organization's Most Powerful Resource Hardcover - 2006

Harry Hutson is a business advisor and executive coach, specializing in career development, change management, communication, and conflict resolution. He consults to a wide variety of corporations, nonprofits, and educational institutions. For over 20 years he was a leader in human resource management at Cummins, Avery Dennison, and Global Knowledge Network, and he is the Vice Chairman of the New England Center for Children. He has written articles on human resources and organizational development for a variety of business and professional publications and delivered numerous presentations and workshops to colleagues. He is coauthor of Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations.

Barbara Perry is a cultural anthropologist, management consultant, and teacher. In her twenty-five years of consulting to Fortune 500 companies, her emphasis has been on facilitating development of customer-focused, innovative cultures. She pioneered the use of team-based ethnographic methods both internally (for managing change) and externally (to develop customer-relevant product and marketing strategies). She is a frequent speaker at trend, market research, innovation, and product development conferences and also runs a leadership workshop for women. Her articles on organizational culture and learning, as well as on the use of team-based ethnographic research methods, have appeared in a variety of publications.