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vision

Stunning Examples of Appreciative Inquiry Principles

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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 and potency [...]

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Forever Changed by New Perspectives

February 18, 2010 Change

Savor this exquisite view of the “ultra deep field” through Hubble’s eye of 3000 galaxies in OUR universe of 100 billion galaxies.
There is always more than the eye sees: a splendid metaphor to shift our perspective on what seems to be “nothingness, emptiness, wastefulness, blackness”.

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A Task of Leadership – Aligning Strengths

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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
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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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Kolkata Cops Arresting Noise Pollution Virtually

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I enjoyed reading the Times of India on the flight from Kathmandu to Delhi two days ago, November 23rd.  Getting a flavor of local color is a priority when you travel. An article, Red Light to Honking on Sundays by Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay, on page 2, I found particularly engaging at a number of levels. I [...]

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Seeing with clear eyes – value of taking a break.

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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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Let Passion be your Power

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Life is what happens to us when we have other plans, is, I think, a paraphrase of John Lennon, the great lyricist of Beatles fame.  Perhaps Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President-elect) in Iran could be thinking just that right now, as the people Iran rise up to demonstrate that they had other plans.  Big story to be [...]

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