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Appreciative Inquiry

Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen and AI

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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”

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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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Using Tools Wisely: Using our Strengths to Make a Difference

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Highlight #2 is a summary what became meaningful for the group members as they talked about how they would use their knowlege wisely.

Responses to the question:
Thinking about the emerging Wisdom Age, and thinking about your strengths / capabilities / resources what might help to make an amazing difference?

Integrate and synthesize information into overall framework. Creating [...]

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Leading Positive Change Webinar Registration

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Please join us in this 11 minute webinar for an introduction to Appreciative Inquiry and find out why it has been called a “Positive Revolution in Change”

Please enter your name and email and we will send a link to launch the webinar to the address provided. If you do not receive a [...]

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