UCTL/Appreciative Inquiry

Appreciative Inquiry: described in Cooperrider & Whitey as “Taking the best of the past and stretching it into the future”.

Ref: | A Positive Revolution in Change - Appreciative Inquiry David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney

Miscellaneous Links
Basic definition: | Wikipedia on Appreciative Inquiry

Uses 4 steps:

 * 1) DISCOVER: The identification of organizational processes that work well.
 * 2) DREAM: The envisioning of processes that would work well in the future.
 * 3) DESIGN: Planning and prioritizing processes that would work well.
 * 4) DESTINY (or DELIVER): The implementation (execution) of the proposed design.

| Lots of AI sites

| AI Commons - "Welcome to the "AI Commons"--a worldwide portal devoted to the fullest sharing of academic resources and practical tools on Appreciative Inquiry and the rapidly growing discipline of positive change. This site is a resource for you and many of us--leaders of change, scholars, students, and business managers--and it is proudly hosted by Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management"

| NZ community site

Critique
| A critique Ref: [http://adt.waikato.ac.nz/uploads/approved/adt-uow20060830.111252/public/01front.pdf| A paradox in action? A critical analysis of an appreciative inquiry. (Thesis, Suzanne Grant)]

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