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Appreciative Inquiry

A Task of Leadership – Aligning Strengths

January 25, 2010 Appreciative Inquiry

I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership.  Thinking about what it means in today’s context.  I’m making a distinction between leadership and a leader.  Leadership as a process is larger than the individual leader.  That seems important because leadership happens in relationship with others and within a context.  There are many kinds of leadership; thought [...]

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2010: My Thoughts and Actions

January 4, 2010 2010

This is the first full week of 2010.  As the New Year begins, I would like to extend best wishes for good health, an abundance of joy and prosperity to you all. I am excited about this new year – twenty ten!  I love saying it: twenty ten!  In March, twenty ten, my book will [...]

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Online Hosts Required.

September 23, 2009 Appreciative Inquiry

Our planning for the 2009 Appreciative Inquiry Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal has revved up with less than 8 weeks to go.  Conference dates are November 16 – 19, 2009.
We are offering some great presentations and workshops online using iCohere collaborative platform and we are seeking a number of volunteer online hosts who will be able [...]

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Seeing with clear eyes – value of taking a break.

Thumbnail image for Seeing with clear eyes – value of taking a break. July 22, 2009 Appreciative Inquiry

I could also say seeing with fresh eyes,  or open eyes or appreciative eyes.  That’s how it seems when we take a break from our routine, regular day-to-day  activities. Distance provides a perspective that serves to clarify.  Exposed to new and different circumstances allows for expansion.   Our curiosity is aroused to inquire, admire, question and [...]

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Flourishing Destinies at Global Forum

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Last few weeks I’ve been co-designing a workshop with 3 colleagues. It’s an online workshop – an appreciative inquiry into the topic of “Flourishing Destinies:  Sustaining Continuity for Positive change.”  We will be facilitating this workshop virtually at the 2009 BAWB Global Forum, physically located at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH.  The Global Forum [...]

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Small Changes for a Sustainable Impact

March 9, 2009 Appreciative Inquiry
4D Cycle

What’s the smallest change now that can make a sustainable impact? This powerful question invites us to be in the moment, real and responsible. We use it successfully in Appreciative Inquiry workshops after the dream / imagining step. Why is this important? Asking what can you start right now after collectively dreaming about a shared, preferred future brings the energy back to the present – the here and now.

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Appreciative Inquiry in Schools and Colleges

Thumbnail image for Appreciative Inquiry in Schools and Colleges August 17, 2008 Appreciative Inquiry

This week, my friend John asked about using Appreciative Inquiry in a community college.
So I gathered resources for him, as he works in a community college and they are about to embark upon a significant change initiative. As I wrote the email to him, I thought this could be a blog item as others may [...]

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Pathways to Strength-Based Systems

Thumbnail image for Pathways to Strength-Based Systems August 12, 2008 Appreciative Inquiry

Back from facilitating the workshop in Sydney! What inspiring and diverse participants – eight in total: director of education in a tertiary institution; two innovation specialists, three senior strategists, two of whom are also executive coaches; a researcher and writer and a logistics expert. Five of the eight had made career changes: a former airforce [...]

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Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen and AI

Thumbnail image for Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen and AI August 9, 2008 Appreciative Inquiry

The topic of Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen and AI has been a side conversation between a  colleague and a potential client who is very much into Lean and referred me to www.lean.org which I found very helpful. I looked at the Principles of Lean and determined that the Principles as stated on that site are [...]

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“The Optimism of Uncertainty”

Thumbnail image for “The Optimism of Uncertainty” February 2, 2008 Appreciative Inquiry

Posted on the Appreciative Inquiry Listserv this week was this quotation by Howard Zinn. It comes from his article, “The Optimism of Uncertainty”. If you do a search on this article, you’ll find it referenced in a number of places. EG The Nation on September 2, 2004 and CommonDream.org November 8, [...]

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