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Appreciative Inquiry

Supports Pillars:
  Supportive Culture, Collaboration, Self Improvement

Dependencies:
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Definition:
Appreciative Inquiry is a practice that helps people improve without being told what to do. It focuses on the "positive", and identifies things that have worked before.  The person practicing AI helps others remember things that have worked well for them, and helps them find ways to build on those recollections to improve the present situation.
 

Resources:
    http://blog.energizedwork.com/2007/12/retrospective-using-appreciative.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appreciative_inquiry

Steps to Mastery:
  • Forget about blame and problems, follow the Prime Directive
  • Use positive thinking, focus on the possibility that things will work well.  Support the possibility by drawing upon similar successes in the past.
  • Identify the strengths and gifts everyone has to offer.
  • Draw upon everyone's strengths to paint a positive future.
  • Collaborate to create the future we want to see.