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 More than a method or technique, the appreciative mode of inquiry is a means of living with, being with and directly participating in the life of a human system in a way that compels one to inquire into the deeper life-generating essentials and potentials of organizational existence. ……..David Cooperrider  Appreciative Inquiry (AI) seeks to expand the life-giving forces and amplify the good that is being experienced in a system, an organization, an agency, a relationship or a family. An appreciative inquiry (AI) is a process of asking questions which engage the stakeholders (employees, family members, volunteers, board members, management team, whoever is involved in the process) to examine the highpoints of their experience in the group. It can be considered an intervention, an organizational development activity, or an action research activity in a traditional sense, while there is a broad application to large and small, complex and simple systems. The concept and name began as a dissertation research two decades ago, and has grown and branched into countless systems that influence everything from family dynamics, school climate and facilities that care for the aging to global policy in the United Nations, World Bank, and multinational business organizations too numerous to list. AI is being used in health care, education, family therapy, as a personal coaching model, business entities large and small and governmental agencies worldwide. An appreciative inquiry can follow the 4-D model, which focuses the participants on stages of a cycle starting with the DISCOVER phase. After completing the Discovery by engaging all participants in interviews with one another that seek to discover the highpoints and peak experiences of being a part of the system being examined, the facilitator moves the participants to the DREAM phase. Dream is another way to think of visioning a new future without limits or obstructions. Often provocative questions are offered to encourage creative thinking about the most positive changes that could be life-enhancing and generative for the entity or system. The next of the 4-D cycle is the DESIGN phase, where structures, relationships and processes that would be allow for the creation of the life-giving future are explored and the architecture is drawn up. The last of the 4-D phases is the DESTINY (sometimes called DELIVERY) phase focused on bring the designed plan into reality and fulfilling the changes generated mentally in the Dream and Design stages. I invite you to learn more about how to benefit from Appreciative Inquiry in your setting. Please have a look at some articles and frameworks posted here and in the Articles and Research section of the website.
Lots more information, articles and examples of AI can be found on the AI Commons at “Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”.. Albert Einstein A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary… Seneca |
Articles by AI pioneers that explain and demonstrate