Haiti- appreciative inquiry
Chris Corrigan
chris.corrigan at gmail.com
Wed Dec 15 11:26:39 PST 2004
The current issue of AI Practitioner (http://www.aipractitioner.com/)
is devoted to AI and OST.
Highly recommended. Our own Peggy Holman guest edited that issue.
Chris
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:27:07 -0500, Jennifer Hurley
<JLHurley at hfadesign.com> wrote:
> I'd 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 didn't? How did they relate to each
> other? What did the groups do with the "results"?
>
> 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.
>
> Some thoughts and questions :
>
> I have many doubts about "appreciative inquiry"..it seems like an
> "artifical motivating tool" to me.
>
> How do-you describe "a positive change" for an organization or a
> community?
>
> 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.
>
> Funda
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