Appreciative Inquiry

This week, we’d like to introduce you to another great leadership tool – a tool for problem solving and facilitation called “Appreciative Inquiry.” Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is known for getting creative juices flowing, helping groups move away from a negative trend of disempowerment, and encouraging groups to continue to use and build on what works! See the website, Appreciative Inquiry Commons, dedicated to AI, for links to articles, books, and other resources. It explains AI as involving “the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a system’s capacity to apprehend, anticipate, and heighten positive potential.” Also helpful is the book, Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change, written by the originators of the movement, David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney, which is a concise guide to the concept. 

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