Do you love those moments of exception, when everything seems to have come together and things are working beautifully? Would you like to create an environment where those rare extraordinary moments become the norm? Then you may just be ready to learn the value of Appreciative Inquiry, also known as AI. AI is a method for implementing change that is rooted in being positive, sharing stories of things that work well, and leveraging people’s strengths and the power of co-creation to initiate lasting, powerful changes that can make an organization the best it has ever been, because of people who care and are committed.

Appreciative Inquiry is more than a system to implement change. It is an approach to work and business that has the potential to create shifts in thinking, in ways of doing, and in the way we move organizations into extraordinary results.

In this session, you’ll learn the definition of appreciative inquiry and how it is different from more traditional approaches to organizational development and change.

Instead of teaching you secrets to success, how about we give you practical, motivational, game-changer style principles to guide you to become the best AI practitioner you can become? After all, it’s about seeking to be more, not less.

In this session, you’ll learn five success principles and the basic foundation to conducting an appreciative inquiry interview.

AI is most frequently discussed as being built on a 4-D model, although it is such a flexible and valuable tool that it sometimes has an extra D, or a different set of letters altogether. What’s important is that the concepts are appreciated.

In this session, you’ll learn the elements of the model through the four D’s and start to develop your skills with each stage.

There’s nothing like real live practice in a safe place to develop confidence with something new. AI is not that difficult a concept, but because it is very different than traditional problem solving and change management, practice is a good idea.

In this session, you’ll learn more about creating those important, revealing, evocative questions that get hearts and minds stirring and innovating.

Now that you have completed this course on Appreciative Inquiry, how will you use the things you have learned? Creating a personal action plan can help you to stay on track, and on target. When you take responsibility for yourself and your results, you get things done.

In this session, you will be asked questions to help you plan your short-term and long-term goals. This final exercise is a way for you to synthesize the learning that you have done, and to put it into practice.