Haiti- appreciative inquiry

[Jennifer Hurley]

I¹d love to hear stories people have about using AI with Open Space (before
or during), as my church is considering using both as part of a strategic
planning process.  What worked?  What didn¹t?  How did they relate to each
other?  What did the groups do with the ³results²?

Jennifer Hurley

On 12/13/04 6:16 AM, "Funda Oral" <fundaokan at superonline.com> wrote:

> from the artice " What American Know-How Has To Learn "
> Appreciative Inquiry is based on two assumptions. First, that organizations
> always move in the direction of the questions their members ask and the things
> they study and talk about. And second, that energy for positive change is
> created when organizations engage continually in remembering and analyzing
> circumstances when they were at their best rather than focusing on problems
> and how they can be solved. The Appreciative Inquiry approach invites
> organizations to spend time creating a common vision for their desired future
> and developing the images and language to bring that vision to life.
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> Some thoughts and questions :
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> I have many doubts about "appreciative inquiry"..it seems like an "artifical
> motivating tool" to me.
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> How do-you describe  "a positive change"  for an organization or a community?
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> I find it very dangerous for any organization, community, family, country to
> concentrate too much on "their desired future" as this can be dividing,
> selective
> and not inclusive.
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