Advantages of Appreciative Inquiry

AI Benefits
Fred Schoon, Consultant, Netherlands, Member

Mercia, AI is not merely positive thinking. It is much beyond that. It is a profound organizational development approach and one of its major benefits is the amount of energy it mobilizes in comparison to problem solving methods.
My favorite tool are succes stories. I have seen transformations in teams happen while I was standing in front of them.

AI Advantages
Gary Wong, Consultant, Canada, Premium Member

Problem solving is a negative approach where you deliberately look for something that isn't working or going wrong. It's a search for weaknesses. On the other hand, AI is a positive approach where you look for strengths in the form of stories.
Stories can be about successful results achieved or when the person felt very effective even though a positive outcome wasn't accomplished. The transformation comes when storytellers realize because they did it in the past, they can do it again going forward.

Advantages of Appreciative Inquiry
David J. MacCoy, Management Consultant, Canada, Member

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