Lecturette 2:Lecturette 2:Appreciative InquiryAppreciative Inquiry

Appreciative Inquiry was developed by David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva in the 1980s. The approach is based on the premise that ‘organizations change in the direction in which they inquire.’

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•Choose to see possibilities, capabilities and assets•Focus on what's right, rather than what's wrong•Develop questions to uncover moments of top performance•Create the future you desire

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PerceptionPerception

  

ChoiceChoice

What’s RightWhat’s Right

A Key Question:  A Key Question: 

If you want to inspire, mobilize andsustain human energy which is the most effective way -- by focusing on problems or pursuing possibilities?

GenerativeGenerative

ProofProof

CreateCreate

Appreciative Inquiry vs.Problem-Solving Thinking

Problem-Solving:

Problems“The glass is half empty”Problem-drivenMoneyScarcity of resourcesCritical thinkingResistance

Incremental advancesToken promisesUsing othersTransactionsProfessionally directedTaught – as admonitions

Appreciative Inquiry vs.Problem-Solving Thinking

Appreciative Inquiry

Possibilities“The glass is half full”Vision-ledMeaningAbundance of ResourcesGenerative thinkingEnergy

Unprecedented breakthroughsFull-of-meaning commitmentsCollaboration with othersRelationsSelf-directedLearned – by example

“The arduous task of intervention will give way to the speed of imagination and innovation; and instead of negation, criticism, and spiraling diagnosis, there will be discovery, dream and design....And the metaphor speaking best to our primary task and role -- "the child as the agent of inquiry" -- is one where wonder, learning, and the the dialogical imagination will be modus operandi.”

Dr. David L. Cooperrider Case Western Reserve University

•Discover•Dream•Design•Deliver

The Appreciative Inquiry The Appreciative Inquiry approach is often worked out approach is often worked out in practice by using the ‘4-D’ in practice by using the ‘4-D’

model:model:

DiscoverDiscover

DreamDream

DesignDesign

DeliverDeliver