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Saturday, 27 October 2007

Appreciative Inquiry Masterclass

I had the honour and pleasure this week to attend a masterclass in Appreciative Inquiry facilitated by David Cooperrider, the co-founder of AI. It was a full and energising day, covering the science and application of an approach to change that our company is using more frequently. Indeed, for the past three years and more our commitment to and use of AI in corporate, team and individual settings has been a growing feature of our interventions.

The material used by David Cooperrider was up to the minute, and whilst not yet available for wider use, several of his presentations are available on the AI Commons website at Case Western Reserve University. This an excellent, free, resource for use by anyone interested in learning about and using AI.

Our recent applications of AI have been at the corporate level with Nottingham City Council's vision programme and with the West Midlands Fire Service's management board, who are implementing the classic AI 4-D approach to their visioning work. These are both ground-breaking pieces of work by the respective organisations.

For more information on this work and other exciting uses of AI, please contact us on 01827 331331

Steve Loraine

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