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Appreciative Inquiry in Action – Outputs of Workshop: “Purpose-Driven Selling” NYC

August 2, 2010 Action

The workshop in NYC last week was an uplifting experience. 26 people gathered to inquire into the affirmative topic, “Purpose-driven Selling”. Many of the participants were independent consultants in the field of organization development or mediation, a number of whom had some experience with Appreciative Inquiry as a way to engage groups in searching for [...]

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The Fullness of Being Alive

April 5, 2010 Appreciative Inquiry

When asked by Bill Moyers “what is the meaning of life?” Joseph Campbell replied, “I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” How so absolutely real is that! Coming back from India and Nepal recently, and being immersed in the [...]

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“It’s one thing I’m really good at.”

March 30, 2010 Children

How cool! How delightful! How simple! How important? To be doing something you are good at and having fun and involving others in co-creating fun. That’s participation, collaboration and engagement and playing to one’s strengths! The New York Times is talking about Matt Harding who seems to have fun doing what he’s really good at. [...]

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Appreciative Collaborations

March 14, 2010 Appreciative Inquiry

Buyers of my book, “Appreciative Inquiry for Collaborative Solutions” have been emailing me with the most heartfelt comments. They are saying how they are inspired by its content. I am equally inspired by their responses, so I’ve created a comment area on my blog for us to continue sharing ideas, stories, experiences, insights and aspirations. [...]

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Stunning Examples of Appreciative Inquiry Principles

February 20, 2010 Action

Aimee Mullens gives such a powerful and moving TED talk. All of the AI Principles are evident in her story. She opens with examples of the Constructionist Principle: how words create worlds and the role we all play in co-creating our realities and defining each other. She advocates the need to honor the wholeness, possibility [...]

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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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Reflective Work – doing the best you can with what you have

September 30, 2009 Change

A presuppositon of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming)is people do the best they can with the resources they have. What does that mean? It is both pragmatic and philosophical. If you lack basic infrastructure, you do the best you can with what you have. When physical/material resources are lacking, we have to make do and there are [...]

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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 [...]

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Acting on Feedback

September 14, 2009 Positivity

On my beach walks last week – glorious beach walks, as the day trippers have all left, leaving the beaches to the gulls, the tiny piping plovers, the rare fisherman and occasional walkers like me – I became more conscious about the range of feedback available to me and how valuable it all is. There [...]

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