A Podcast About Appreciative Inquiry, Solution Focused Practice, Positive Psychology and more. Hosted by Andy Smith, author of Practical Appreciative Inquiry.
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There are various formats for appreciative interviews in the Appreciative Inquiry textbooks – this one works nicely for business.
Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm17
Appreciative interviews – what they are, why we do them, and what you need to know to make them work.
Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm16
What should you do BEFORE you plan any change? Discover what’s already working! Find out how to conduct Appreciative Inquiry’s Discovery stage.
Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm15
The ‘Problem to Possibility Exercise’ – how to get a problem-focused team to move on to desired solutions and accept an appreciative approach.
Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm14
In this week’s episode, a checklist for a well-defined affirmative topic, plus the easy way to flip problem statements to affirmative topics
What you need at the start of an Appreciative Inquiry project, and why you need to flip problem statements into affirmative topics
A quick overview of the most-used format for structuring an Appreciative Inquiry process, the 5-D Format. Plus, why it’s so great!
Appreciative Inquiry’s Free Choice Principle: why organisations thrive when people are treated as volunteers
How Appreciative Inquiry’s ‘Enactment Principle’ is vital for successful change + why it’s not the same as ‘Fake it till you make it’
Appreciative Inquiry’s ‘Wholeness Principle’ – the easy way to engage people, get past ‘groupthink’, and make decisions more robust
Appreciative Inquiry’s ‘Simultaneity Prinicple’ – a radically different way of thinking about change and how quickly it can happen!
Appreciative Inquiry’s ‘Positive Principle’ – the ‘Paradox of Change’, why most large-scale change initiatives fail, how positive emotions improve decision-making and productivity, and practical steps you can take to put the Positive Principle into action and improve your work (and life) right now
