Appreciative Inquiry

Appreciative Inquiry workshops have been successfully implemented with healthcare, community development, private enterprise, service organisations, industrial and charity groups.

What is Appreciative Inquiry?

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a transformative process for the purposes of strategic planning, team building, project management and change management.

It is based on the assumption that every organisation has something that works well and those strengths can be the starting point for creating positive change.

It is a process by which organisations change in the direction in which they inquire, that is, ask key questions which provoke discussion, imagination, vision and new ways of behaving and working.

How can Appreciative Inquiry Work for your Business?

Led by a Red Shoes Presenting facilitator the process can be tailored to suit your organisations needs and timelines. The process involves all key stakeholders, is strength based and based on positive psychology.

Many organizations fear change and losing the best of the past. With AI, the best of the past it taken into the future and people in the workplace are energised, positive and committed to new directions. As Dewitt Jones says, “The times of greatest change are also the times of greatest potential”

It’s a fresh perspective to traditional strategic planning processes.

Strategic planning with Inquiry: Unleashing the Potential to SOAR.

Benefits include:

• Ownership of the plan and the implementation by all stakeholders
• Allows progression into the future
• Engagement immediately intervenes in the culture of the organisation
• Creates a direction that is possible and achievable
• Creates positive behavior and action
• There is immediate proof of success
• Empowers people
• Identifies core values and purpose
• Achieves immediate agreement
• Increases sphere of influence
• Flexible processes and individual tailoring to needs of the group

Based on the extensive works of David Cooperrider

Who is Appreciative Inquiry for?

Any group or organisation that is seeking to make a difference and produce better results with a workplace that is positive, nourishing and affirming. Applies to both public and private sector organizations.

Red Shoes Presenting can help Appreciative Inquiry work for your business. The process may involve interviews, focus groups, workshops, retreats, creativity and innovative techniques.

Organising Appreciative Inquiry Training at Your Workplace

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