The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook: For Leaders of ChangeIn this thoroughly revised and updated edition of one of the most popular change methods in the world, Cooperrider et al. track the recent changes in the field and explain how AI can contribute to sustainability and the triple bottom line. One of today's most popular change methods, Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has been used to undertake transformational initiatives in dozens of organizations, ranging from McDonalds to the U.S. Navy to Save the Children. The assumption of AI is simple. Every organization has things that work right-things that give it life when it is vital, effective, and successful. AI begins by identifying this positive core and connecting organizational visions, plans, and structures to it in ways that heighten energy and inspire action for change. This book presents all of the concepts, examples, and aids necessary to engage groups of all sizes in Appreciative Inquiry. The authors provide background information on what AI is and how it works and offer sample project plans, designs, agendas, course outlines, interview guidelines, participant worksheets, a list of resources, and more. This second edition has been extensively revised, updated, and expanded, including new case studies, new tools and supplemental articles, an expanded bibliography and resource list, and an entirely new chapter on case applications. And throughout, the authors focus on how AI can support an organizational focus on sustainability and the triple bottom line of people, prosperity, and planet. |
Contents
PART 2 Application of the 4D Cycle of Appreciative Inquiry | 99 |
PART 3 Learning Applications and Resources | 223 |
| 413 | |
AI Web Sites | 432 |
Glossary of Terms | 433 |
| 439 | |
Statement of Taos Institute | 447 |
Taos Institute Publications | 448 |
Positive Organizational Scholarship | 450 |
Statement of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting | 451 |
About the Authors | 452 |
Other editions - View all
Appreciative Inquiry Handbook David L. Cooperrider,Diana Kaplin Whitney,Jacqueline M. Stavros No preview available - 2008 |
The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook: For Leaders of Change Diana Whitney,David Cooperrider No preview available - 2011 |
The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook: For Leaders of Change David L. Cooperrider No preview available - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
4-D Cycle action action-research activities Affirmative Topic Choice Agenda Appreciative Inquiry approach Boulder County build Canadian Tire Castrol census Chapter collaborative Cooperrider core team create creative culture customers David Cooperrider Design phase Destiny phase dialogue Discovery Dream phase employees engage example experience Fairmount Minerals focus focused Future Search goal high point human Hunter Douglas ideal ideas identify images imagination initiative innovation interview guide involved leaders leadership learning nursing opportunities organization organization’s organizational outcomes participants peak experience positive change positive core possible potential practices principles problem provocative propositions questions relationships Roadway Roadway Express shared social staff stakeholders statement stories strategic planning strengths success summit sustainable themes theory things tion transformation triple bottom line United Religions Initiative vision Western Reserve University Worksheet