The heart of the Discovery stage in Appreciative Inquiry’s 5-D cycle is the appreciative interview.
In this episode we look at why we do appreciative interviews, how they work, and what appreciative interviewers need to know to make them a success.
Among other things, you’ll learn:
- How appreciative interviews raise morale
- How they encourage people to set their sights higher
- How they lead to fresh thinking and new ideas
- Why they improve understanding between different roles in a team and different areas of an organisation
- Why they assume that something is working – and why that doesn’t ‘make an ASS out of U and ME’
- What you need to know to be a good appreciative interviewer.
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References in this episode
Task Positive and Default Mode Networks in the brain: Richard Boyatzis and Anthony Jack, The neuroscience of coaching. Consulting Psychology Journal Practice and Research 70(1):11-27 · March 2018
Also known as ‘Analytic Network’ and ‘Empathic Network’: Richard Boyatzis, Melvin L Smith, and Ellen Van Oosten, Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth
Jane Magruder Watkins, Bernard J Mohr, and Ralph Kelly, Appreciative Inquiry: Change at the Speed of Imagination
