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APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY PROCESS DESIGN AND FACILITATION

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a powerful vehicle for accomplishing positive organizational change  that is based on the simple premise that organizations grow in the direction of what they repeatedly ask about and focus their attention on.  Instead of focusing organizations on what isn't working and "why we're failing," AI focuses on what the root causes of past success have been and what organizations can do to recreate and build on those conditions to design the desired future.  The AI approach to planning and effecting change has repeatedly proven to provide organizations the ability to make transformational change and produce radical innovation. 

Key Benefits

  •   Produces positive, sustainable change
  •   Whole system involvement increases organizational commitment to the change.
  •   AI processes not only help organizations produce great plans, they significantly enhance participant relationships.
  •   The AI approach often provides breakthroughs not achievable through other, more commonly used processes.

Capabilities

StrengthBuilders Consulting can help you bring the power of AI to your organization by assisting you with

  •   Identifying the most appropriate AI vehicle for your circumstances;
  •   Assisting you with planning the appropriate process;
  •   Training members in your organization on AI methodologies;
  •   Facilitating necessary meetings and events;
  •   Developing strategies to sustain changes identified.

 

For more information on Appreciative Inquiry, click on the following link -  The Appreciative Inquiry Commons.

For an example of an AI process planned and facilitated by StrengthBuilders Consulting and associates from Heart to Heart and Robinson & Associates, visit WWW.HROSUMMIT.COM.

 

 

For AI Process Design and Facilitation:

Email:  StrengthBuilders@comcast.net  or Phone:  (360)271-0366 - Larry Bartholomew

 

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