Author: David L Cooperrider , Frank Barrett , Suresh Srivastva Editor: Dian Hosking , H. Peter Dachler , Kenneth Gergen Ashgate Publishing: In- Management and Organization: Relational Alternatives to Individualism Date: 01/01/1995 Annotation: This chapter shows that the postmodern implication…
Author: David L Cooperrider Appreciative Inquiry: Rethinking Human Organization Toward a Positive Theory of Change Date: 01/01/2000 I am reminded of the title: Locating the Energy for Change (JL comment) Pages: 29 - 53 Annotation: This chapter orginally appeared in…
Cooperrider, D. L. (2000). Positive Image, Positive Action: The Affirmative Basis of Organizing. Appreciative Inquiry: Rethinking Human Organization Toward a Positive Theory of Change. 29 - 53
"Appreciative Inquiry is the cooperative search for the best in people, their organisations, and the world around them. It involves systematic discovery of what gives a system ‘life’ when it is most effective and capable in economic, ecological, and human…
John Loty wishes to acknowledge that this SOAR framework is based on the works of Jackie Stavros and her colleagues.
Note: This online event (in 2005) was the 1st AI online event initiated from Australia. We are very grateful to all the AI pioneers that took part in this (for us, here in Australia) historic Appreciative Inquiry “We have…
Author: Positive Change Corps Positive Change Corps West Springfield, MA Date 01/01/2002 Annotation: This case study describes the process taken by a public school system in MA which embraced a strength-based change initiative using an Appreciative Inquiry Summit design to…
An Emerging Cultural Change to Manage Organisational Complexity Authors Shimon L. Dolan, Salvador Garcia, Samantha Diegoli & Alan Auerbach AbstractBusiness organisations are excellent representations of what in physics and mathematics are designated “chaotic” systems. Because a culture of innovation will…
The Appreciative Eye Creativity starts with an 'appreciative' eye. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" "Leaders make sure people not only see the vision, they live and breath it." Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. and Author…
The origins of strategy are deeply rooted in our warfare history. Current strategic models and thinking have a bias towards ‘killing off the competition’. Even if this was appropriate in the past, it is inappropriate now in our interconnected world,…