[OSList] Relationship between Appreciative Inquiry and OST?

David Osborne dosborne at change-fusion.com
Mon Jun 24 05:21:55 PDT 2019


My thought is that they both set the conditions for self-organization.

Our field has not transitioned to fully understanding the power and
potential of self-organization and is just getting glimpses of how to
influence/leverage it.

David



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On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 8:13 AM Jake Yeager via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> First, thank you all for entertaining my questions! I really appreciate
> your responses: they help me learn a great deal and to recognize the--often
> erroneous!--assumptions I am making.
>
> That said, I have another question! :) What do you find to be the
> relationship between Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and OST?
>
> I am studying AI as part of my OD training at work, and it doesn't sit
> 100% with me like Open Space does. I think it's because I feel it is
> manipulative, that is, it uses generative questions to guide participants'
> trajectory as opposed to letting the participants themselves choose their
> trajectory. However, AI appears to be very effective, so I wonder if my
> resistance is due to some unconscious bias I have.
>
> Would love to hear your thoughts.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Much love,
> Jake
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