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Appreciative Inquiry – Unintended Consequences of App Development

April 20, 2012 · 26330 comments2012-04-20+13%3A27%3A11robynsb

It’s been almost two years now since Juergen Berkessel and I co-founded Polymash, a creative agency with a focus on strategy development, app design and marketing for the mobile world. Juergen is an artist and a technologist. He comes from a professional photography background, graphic design and a long stint in IT and product development. My career has been in human and organization development.

In combining our talents, I am noticing the impact we are having on our clients as we work with them to help them make the shift to mobile devices.

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