How does a congregation or organization move 鈥渂eyond hospitality to inclusion鈥�?
Professor David Brubaker has consulted on organizational development and conflict transformation in the U.S. and in a dozen other countries. He is also director of 草莓社区鈥檚 and programs.
In a May 30 blog post for , Brubaker discusses the difference between welcoming and inclusion. Welcoming requires 鈥渘o adaptation,鈥� while inclusion requires adaptive culture change.
Inclusion is an adaptive process whereby the newcomers adopt many of the ways of the established group, while at the same time the established culture stretches and evolves to reflect the gifts and needs of the newcomers.聽Read more .
Brubaker鈥檚 expertise moves beyond the faith-based environment into the world of business and nonprofit. He has provided presentations and trainings on coaching through organizational change, organizational culture, and development of management systems that include assessment and intervention.
Learn more about his life experience in and his work with the .
He has trained or consulted with over 100 organizations, including in Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America, North America, and Europe.
Brubaker is the author of , published by The Alban Institute and co-author with Ruth Hoover Zimmerman of , published by Good Books.
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