Preface
Chapter 1 - An Invitation to the Positive Revolution in
Change
AI and the New Model of Change Leadership
Approaching Problems From the Other Side
Chapter 2 - What is Appreciative Inquiry?
The Positive
Core
A Working Definition of Positive Change
Chapter 3 - The Appreciative Inquiry 4-D Cycle
Overview
of the 4-D Cycle
Passion for Service: Getting Started with AI at British Airways
Chapter 4 - The 4-D Cycle in Action
The First D,
Discovery
From Discovery to Dream
Design for Organizing into the Future
The United Religions Initiative: Design of a Global Community
Realizing Destiny
Chapter 5 - Applying the 4-D Cycle
Whole-System Inquiry
The AI Summit
Roadway Express: Moving from Good to Great
Chapter 6 - Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships
The Role of Leadership
The Role of an AI Consultant
The Role of the Core Team
The Role of the Participants
Chapter 7 - Principles for a Positive Revolution
The
Constructionist Principle
The Simultaneity Principle
The Poetic Principle
The Anticipatory Principle
The Positive Principle
Chapter 8 - Conditions for Success: The Liberation of
Power
Freedom to Be Known in Relationship
Freedom to be Heard
Freedom to Dream in Community
Freedom to Choose to Contribute
Freedom to Act with Support
Freedom to Be Positive
The Liberation of Power Leads to Positive Change
Conclusion
Notes
Questions for Applying AI
Where to Go for More Information
Index
The Authors
David L. Cooperrider is Professor and Chairman of the Department of
Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management,
Case Western Reserve University. He is the author or coauthor of
nine books. His 1987 article Appreciative Inquiry Into
Organizational Life (with Suresh Srivastva) introduced the concept
of Appreciative Inquiry.
Diana Whitney is President of Corporation for Positive Change, the
leading consulting firm practicing Appreciative Inquiry
internationally, and a Distinguished Consulting Faculty at Saybrook
Graduate School and Research Center. She has authored or edited
eleven books.
Whitney and Cooperrider are cofounders of the Corporation for
Positive Change (www.positivechange.org) and The Taos Institute
(www.taosinstitute.net).
“Appreciative Inquiry is currently revolutionizing the held of
organizational
development.”
--Robert Quinn, Distinguished Professor of Management, University
of Michigan Business School
“Appreciative Inquiry is the philosophy that is allowing us to
engage the hearts, minds, and souls of our people--all of our
people. Only when we do that, will we
achieve breakthrough performance.”
--Cindy Frick, VP organizational Development and HR Planning
Roadway Express
“AI is a process that gets you moving the success spiral rather
than down
up the failure one. It has a motivating effect helping achieve
self-fulfillment rather than getting into a doom and gloom
syndrome.”
--Rob Treeby, Health. Safety, and Environment Manager, BP AMOCO
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