January 2015

What Appreciative Inquiry Can Learn From NLP: How To Be A Better Appreciative Interviewer

Recently I was interviewed by Robyn Stratton-Berkessel for her ‘Positivity Strategist’ podcast about the relationship between Appreciative Inquiry and NLP. During the conversation a couple of connections occurred to me that I hadn’t thought of before. Firstly, let’s look at the Appreciative Interview process (in which the interviewee tells the story of a time when

How To Use Surprise To Reduce Confirmation Bias

‘Confirmation Bias’ is when our minds filter what we perceive of the world around us, amplifying evidence that fits our existing beliefs and playing down or ignoring altogether any information that challenges them. Confirmation bias is inevitable – there’s so much information coming in all the time that we have to filter it somehow, or

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