Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change
A Positive Revolution in Change
Published on 31. October 2005
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Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-57675-356-9 (ISBN)
Description
Originally part of Berrett-Koehler Communication's "Collaborating for Change" series, this short introduction to Appreciative Inquiry is the best way for organisations to be introduced to AI by the originators and leaders of the movement itself.
Now with a new introduction and updated with revisions throughout, Appreciative Inquiry offers an approach that works because it acknowledges the prevailing attitudes toward change.
It offers a fresh view 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 organisations and their communities more adaptive and more effective. This approach is based on solid, proven principles for unleashing people's creativity, knowledge and spirit toward a common purpose.
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Persons
David L. Cooperrider is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. He is the author or coauthor of nine books. His 1987 article Appreciative Inquiry Into Organizational Life (with Suresh Srivastva) introduced the concept of Appreciative Inquiry.
Diana Whitney is President of Corporation for Positive Change, the leading consulting firm practicing Appreciative Inquiry internationally, and a Distinguished Consulting Faculty at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. She has authored or edited eleven books.
Whitney and Cooperrider are cofounders of the Corporation for Positive Change (www.positivechange.org) and The Taos Institute (www.taosinstitute.net).
Diana Whitney is President of Corporation for Positive Change, the leading consulting firm practicing Appreciative Inquiry internationally, and a Distinguished Consulting Faculty at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. She has authored or edited eleven books.
Whitney and Cooperrider are cofounders of the Corporation for Positive Change (www.positivechange.org) and The Taos Institute (www.taosinstitute.net).
Content
Preface
Chapter 1 - An Invitation to the Positive Revolution in Change
AI and the New Model of Change Leadership
Approaching Problems From the Other Side
Chapter 2 - What is Appreciative Inquiry?
The Positive Core
A Working Definition of Positive Change
Chapter 3 - The Appreciative Inquiry 4-D Cycle
Overview of the 4-D Cycle
Passion for Service: Getting Started with AI at British Airways
Chapter 4 - The 4-D Cycle in Action
The First D, Discovery
From Discovery to Dream
Design for Organizing into the Future
The United Religions Initiative: Design of a Global Community
Realizing Destiny
Chapter 5 - Applying the 4-D Cycle
Whole-System Inquiry
The AI Summit
Roadway Express: Moving from Good to Great
Chapter 6 - Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships
The Role of Leadership
The Role of an AI Consultant
The Role of the Core Team
The Role of the Participants
Chapter 7 - Principles for a Positive Revolution
The Constructionist Principle
The Simultaneity Principle
The Poetic Principle
The Anticipatory Principle
The Positive Principle
Chapter 8 - Conditions for Success: The Liberation of Power
Freedom to Be Known in Relationship
Freedom to be Heard
Freedom to Dream in Community
Freedom to Choose to Contribute
Freedom to Act with Support
Freedom to Be Positive
The Liberation of Power Leads to Positive Change
Conclusion
Notes
Questions for Applying AI
Where to Go for More Information
Index
The Authors
Chapter 1 - An Invitation to the Positive Revolution in Change
AI and the New Model of Change Leadership
Approaching Problems From the Other Side
Chapter 2 - What is Appreciative Inquiry?
The Positive Core
A Working Definition of Positive Change
Chapter 3 - The Appreciative Inquiry 4-D Cycle
Overview of the 4-D Cycle
Passion for Service: Getting Started with AI at British Airways
Chapter 4 - The 4-D Cycle in Action
The First D, Discovery
From Discovery to Dream
Design for Organizing into the Future
The United Religions Initiative: Design of a Global Community
Realizing Destiny
Chapter 5 - Applying the 4-D Cycle
Whole-System Inquiry
The AI Summit
Roadway Express: Moving from Good to Great
Chapter 6 - Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships
The Role of Leadership
The Role of an AI Consultant
The Role of the Core Team
The Role of the Participants
Chapter 7 - Principles for a Positive Revolution
The Constructionist Principle
The Simultaneity Principle
The Poetic Principle
The Anticipatory Principle
The Positive Principle
Chapter 8 - Conditions for Success: The Liberation of Power
Freedom to Be Known in Relationship
Freedom to be Heard
Freedom to Dream in Community
Freedom to Choose to Contribute
Freedom to Act with Support
Freedom to Be Positive
The Liberation of Power Leads to Positive Change
Conclusion
Notes
Questions for Applying AI
Where to Go for More Information
Index
The Authors