Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (503 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1576753565 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 86 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Appreciative Inquiry gets everyone to focus on what’s possible through interactive discovery and design sessions. -- Kofi Annan, Secretary General, United Nations. -- Jim Staley, President, Roadway ExpressI would like to commend the authors for Appreciative Inquiry, and for introducing it to the United Nations. The output has been amazing
"Great introduction to understanding and application of AI" according to Gigi. I really enjoyed this book and it gave me a lot of information for practical application of Appreciative Inquiry. I highly recommend the book to newcomers in the AI movement and all leaders, supervisors and managers. I wish more CEO's would learn about AI!. "Great as introduction to AI or as summary of core concepts for those who know AI" according to David Snider. What can we accomplish with Appreciative Inquiry philosophy and methodologies for managing change?Appreciative Inquiry (AI) founder David Cooperrider and long-time AI consultant Diana Whitney answer this question with engaging stories about AI change initiatives in many types of organizations, including British Airways Customer Service, Roadway Express, the City of Denver, Colorado, Office of Finance, and Hunter Douglas Window Fashions Division.In their sixty-eight page book they contrast a problem-solving approach to change with AI and describe how an affirmative topic guides the change process.The. Focusing on Possibilities In this short, introductory manual to Appreciative Inquire, AI professionals Cooperrider and Whitney use actual business stories to present the processes that underpin this positive approach for relating to change. As the authors tell us and the name implies, the AI process starts with an appreciation for the positives (strengths and best practices) of what has been and what is within the current situation - the Discovery Phase. Then it moves into the visioning step - Dream Phase, to declare the potential or purpose from the change. The third step in the process calls for the articulation of an orga
AI, a theory of collaborative change, erases the winner/loser paradigm in favor of coordinated actions and closer relationships that lead to solutions at once simpler and more effective.. Written by the originators and leaders of the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) movement itself, this short, practical guide offers an approach to organizational change based on the possibility of a more desirable future, experience with the whole system, and activities that signal ""something different is happening this time."" That difference systematically taps the potential of human beings to make themselves, their organizations, and their communities more adaptive and more effective
is professor and chair of the Program on Business as an Agent of World Benefit at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western University.DIANA WHITNEY is President of the Corporation for Positive Change, Taos, N.M., and co-Founder of the Taos Institute, Cleveland, OH. Cooperrider, Ph.D. An internationally recognized speaker and consultant on appreciative inquiry, she focuses on ways to use AI to create large-scale social and organizational change. . David L