Some practical tips on some of the ways you can use appreciative interviews – in one-to-one coaching, in large-scale organisational change, in team development, and in Appreciative Inquiry summits. Do you want to get started using Appreciative Inquiry confidently with…
The appreciative interview has been described as ‘the heart of Appreciative Inquiry’. It really is the key activity of the Discovery stage. So why are appreciative interviews so useful for gathering rich qualitative information? Here are 6 good reasons you…
‘Flipping’ a problem statement to become an affirmative topic is the main task in the Definition stage of Appreciative Inquiry – but it can benefit any kind of coaching. Here’s the checklist of the qualities your affirmative topic needs to have to be successful.
‘We can choose what we study’ The third in a series of short videos where we introduce the five principles underpinning Appreciative Inquiry. The ‘Poetic Principle’ reminds us that what we focus on grows, so when we choose to study…
The second in a series of short videos where we introduce the basic principles underpinning Appreciative Inquiry. The Anticipatory Principle states that organisations (and people) tend to grow in the direction of their positive images of the future, like a…
The first in a series of short videos where we introduce the basic principles underpinning Appreciative Inquiry. The first, and the one from which I think most of the others flow, is the Constructionist Principle. This says that the language…
In this video, Andy Smith explains the effects of our hard-wired negative bias, what we can do to combat it, and why Appreciative Inquiry is a particularly effective method. If Appreciative Inquiry is new to you, you may want to…
In this video, Appreciative Inquiry facilitator Andy Smith introduces two networks in the brain that have been discovered (relatively) recently: the Task Positive Network and the Default Mode Network. This video shows why you need both for effective problem solving…
Andy Smith introduces Appreciative Inquiry with a short video. Don’t expect to get the whole of Appreciative Inquiry in this 5 minute video – but it is designed to be a good place to start! Why not watch this first,…
If you are looking for an accessible introduction to AI, here is a quick 10-minute Appreciative Inquiry video intro by Jacqueline Kelm. It’s a big subject to squeeze into 10 minutes but she does a great job! Only one thing…