Suitable for teams & team building. 

One-half day with a follow-up workshop option.

1. Appreciative Inquiry – An Overview.

AI distinguishes itself from other organizational visioning and change models by focusing on the best of what is and using this as a platform to build future directions. While many traditional methods begin by focusing on pitfalls and problems, Appreciative Inquiry asks people to explore strengths and successes that already exist, both internally and externally. This positive approach leads to extraordinary performance by reinforcing relationships and culture, creating a common vision and direction, promoting learning and innovation, and energizing collective action.

1. What are the components of an Appreciative Inquiry process?

Whether you’re using Appreciative Inquiry one-on-one, or with 1,000 people, the AI process will follow four distinct phases, called the 5-D Cycle:

• Define: Clarifying what it is and why we are doing it.
• Discovery: participants explore “the best of what is,” identifying the organization’s strengths, best practices, and sources of excellence, vitality, and peak performance.
• Dream: participants envision a future they really want – a future where the organization is fully engaged and successful around its core purpose and strategic objectives.
• Design: participants leverage the best of what is and their visions for the future to design high-impact strategies that move the organization creatively and decisively in the right direction.
• Destiny (sometimes also called Deploy): participants put the strategies into action, revising as necessary.

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