Home > Appreciative Inquiry2
Inspire > Collaborate > Transform
Appreciative Inquiry2
OneBeat utilises the internationally proven Appreciative Inquiry programme with the focus on strengths.
Not weaknesses. In this positive environment, weakness issues are often solved at the front door, even
if they are not specifically introduced. The Appreciative Inquiry foundations are positive and inspiring:
AMPLIFICATION: When we build a positive vision it is critical to put examine our existing strengths. By focusing on the strengths of individuals and teams, the room changes, it becomes incredibly positive – fertile earth to germinate new thinking, new ideas. Here is the pathway to the vision, to commitment, to transformation.
VOICE: Appreciative Inquiry ensures all voices will be heard. And appreciated. Allowing everyone to have ownership of the vision and to provide inputs for the plan will pay enormous dividends.
FRESH EYES: Inclusiveness adds diversity and new thinking. Bold organisations and leaders often include selected external business partners or clients. They will invariably view your operation through very different eyes and their impressions and evaluations can be highly valuable.
POTENCY: The mix of voice, passion, purpose and ownership is potent. It is the fuel to embrace commitment to the positive transformation.
Not weaknesses. In this positive environment, weakness issues are often solved at the front door, even
if they are not specifically introduced. The Appreciative Inquiry foundations are positive and inspiring:
AMPLIFICATION: When we build a positive vision it is critical to put examine our existing strengths. By focusing on the strengths of individuals and teams, the room changes, it becomes incredibly positive – fertile earth to germinate new thinking, new ideas. Here is the pathway to the vision, to commitment, to transformation.
VOICE: Appreciative Inquiry ensures all voices will be heard. And appreciated. Allowing everyone to have ownership of the vision and to provide inputs for the plan will pay enormous dividends.
FRESH EYES: Inclusiveness adds diversity and new thinking. Bold organisations and leaders often include selected external business partners or clients. They will invariably view your operation through very different eyes and their impressions and evaluations can be highly valuable.
POTENCY: The mix of voice, passion, purpose and ownership is potent. It is the fuel to embrace commitment to the positive transformation.
The Equation. Four steps = one giant leap
OneBeat’s Appreciative Inquiry programme embraces four key steps, which enable your transformation:- DISCOVER
The Identification stage. We identify the best attributes in your quiver: the strengths of individuals, the team and the organisation.
- DREAM
It is time for minds to run free, everyone to be heard, strengths to be amplified. The vision for the future is about to be born. Importantly, an enhanced understanding of ‘the power of the team’ will now be realised.
- DESIGN
The future, accessed via positive transformation, is ready to be written. Ideas will still flow followed by agreement on a set of initiatives to give life to the dreams.
- DELIVERY
Action achieves positive results. In this step we will confirm all the initiatives required to deliver the collective vision for the future and how best to ensure a successful implementation of those initiatives. Life in your organisation will now be extremely well equipped – and motivated - for its transformation.
Through this process, the arduous task of intervening in an organisation’s shortcomings gives way to building positively on its strengths. Instead of negation, criticism, and spiraling diagnosis, there is discovery, dream, and design. This takes away the pain and conflict of identifying and managing change, meaning that transformations never thought possible can be suddenly and democratically achieved.
David Cooperrider talks about Appreciative Inquiry and the power of strength-based leadership
Appreciative Inquiry Resources
David Cooperrider talks about Appreciative Inquiry and the power of strength-based leadership
- More information on Appreciative Inquiry and recent articles can be found on the AI commons.
- Find out how IDEO reinvented the shopping cart in this example of strengths-based innovation.
Our Affiliations
|
|
