Appreciative Inquiry
A Positive Revolution in Change
1st Edition
Published on 10. October 2005
97 pages
978-1-60509-281-2 (ISBN)
Description
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. 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.
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David Cooperrider | Diana Whitney
Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change
A Positive Revolution in Change
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 An Invitation to the Positive Revolution in Change
- AI and the New Model of Change Leadership
- Approacing 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
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- J
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q - R
- S
- T
- U
- V - W
- Y
- The Authors
