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APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
| Purpose/ outcomes |
To enable full voice appreciative participation that taps the organization's positive change core and inspires collaborative action that serves the whole system. |
| Number of participants |
20 - 2,000 involved in interviews, large scale meetings and collaborative actions |
| Type of Participants |
Internal and External stakeholders - all co-creators - those who hold images and tell stories about the organization |
| Typical Duration |
Preparation: Work begins with the first question asked
Conduct method: 1 day - many months in non-conference design; AI Summit: 4 - 6 days
Total Transition: 3 months - 1 year |
| Brief Example |
Nutrimeal Brazil closed the food processing plant for 5 days and invited 700 people including customers and community members to an Appreciative Inquiry Summit. The results are full voice commitment to a renewed strategic plan and a 300% increase in sales within 3 months. The whole company choose to meet as a large group twice a year to ensure progress on the strategic plan. |
| When to Use |
- To create a positive revolution
- To enhance strategic cooperation overcoming conflict, competition
- To catalyze whole system culture change
- To facilitate high participation planning
- To mobilize global organization design and development
- To integrate multiple change initiatives into a focused whole system effort
- To support large-scale mergers and acquisitions
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| When Not to Use |
- Whatever you are doing is getting the results you desire
- When lacking commitment to a positive approach to change
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| Creator(s) |
Fundamental shift toward cooperation, equality of voice, high participation, a positive revolution, inquiry and improvisational learning as daily practices, appreciative leadership, and focus on life giving forces - socially, financially and ecologically. |
| Impact on cultural assumptions |
David Cooperrider, Suresh Srivastva and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University, and The Taos Institute |
| Creation Date |
1987 |
| Historical Context Theory |
- Social Construction
- Anticipatory Imagery Theory
- Narrative TheoryPragmatics
- Post modern shifts in global organizing
- Deficit models of change are simply not serving the greater good
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more information about Appreciative Inquiry can be found at:
http://appreciativeinquiry.cwru.edu/info/contact.cfm
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