The Appreciative Inquiry 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.
AI at UVA has been included in the AI Commons under Practice and Management: AI in the Healthcare Sector. Click here to see for yourself and to see other interesting tools and articles related to healthcare.
Appreciative Intelligence
The web site of Tojo Thatchenkery, Ph.D., co-author of Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn. Behind today’s most creative and successful people is a secret: an ability to reframe reality to reveal the hidden possibilities within even the most apparently unpromising situation—to, as the authors of this groundbreaking study term it, “see the mighty oak in the acorn.” Appreciative intelligence® provides a new answer to what enables successful people to dream up their extraordinary and innovative ideas; why employees, partners, colleagues, investors, and other stakeholders join them on the path to their goals, and how they achieve these goals despite obstacles and challenges. It is not simple optimism. People with appreciative intelligence are realistic and action-oriented—they have the ability to not just identify positive potential but to devise a course of action to take advantage of it.
Appreciative Living
Appreciative living is a philosophy for personal growth and change that was presented in the book, Appreciative Living by Jackie Kelm. It suggests we create whatever we want in our lives by focusing on, asking questions about, and creating mental pictures of what’s right, what’s working, and what we want most in our lives. It is based on the principles of Appreciative Inquiry, with constructs from Positive Psychology, law of attraction, chaos theory, and other strength-based approaches. There are three basic steps in Appreciative Living: 1. Appreciating the present. 2. Imagining the Ideal. 3. Acting in Alignment.
Ai Practioner
This quarterly Appreciative Inquiry newsletter put together by Anne Radford contains the latest thinking and activities of AI practitioners. Older issues are available for free download on the website, and a moderately priced subscription gives you four issues a year.
AiPhilanthropy for Positive Change
A unique effort to build community through AI in San Diego. The Alliance Inspiring Philanthropy for Positive Change is a new civil society initiative exploring ways to energize Philanthropy (all gifts of talent, time and money) to build Community in the San Diego Region. AiPhilanthropy is a dynamic, diverse group of women who are investing their professional expertise, time and money to engage the community in appreciate inquiry and other generative practices that build social capital, civil society and confidence.
Appreciative Inquiry Annotations
A weblog written by the partners of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting. AI Annotations is a place to create a conversation – an exchange of ideas and practices – among the co-owners of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting and with others who are on the journey of exploration and collective understanding of Appreciative Inquiry. Covers a wide range of topics.
Corporation for Positive Change
Founded by Diana Whitney and David Cooperrider, the CPC is dedicated to the design and development of appreciative organizations – those capable of sustaining innovation, financial well-being and market leadership by inspiring the best in human beings.
The Taos Institute
Based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, the Taos Institute is a community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the social processes essential for the construction of reason, knowledge, and human value. They are committed to exploring, developing and disseminating ideas and practices that promote creative, appreciative and collaborative processes in families, communities and organizations around the world. We achieve our educational ends through conferences, workshops, publications, a PhD program, a distance learning program, newsletters, and web-based offerings.
6 Billion Others
“6 Billion Others” tries to draw a portrait of contemporary mankind by asking questions about universal values. What is happiness? What lessons can we learn from life’s difficulties? What’s the meaning of life? Created by Yann Arthus Bertrand, this project has collected 5,000 interviews in 73 countries in an attempt to create this sensitive and human portrait of the planet’s inhabitants.
Living Conversations
LivingConversations.com is a celebration of breast cancer survival. Through the stories of women who are now on the “other side” of their breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, the site offers hope, inspiration and courage for the many women, family members and network of supporters, affected by this disease. This site demonstrates the power of story and video around a specific disease. Individuals may add their own stories.
Historia de un letrero
This very short video demonstrates the power of language and “reframing.”
The Compliment Guys at Purdue University
Fun news story about two young college students who are trying to change their world, one compliment at a time.
Validation
“Validation” is a fable about the magic of free parking (and the impact one person can have on others). Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis. Writer/Director/Composer – Kurt Kuenne. Winner – Best Narrative Short, Cleveland Int’l Film Festival, Winner – Jury Award, Gen Art Chicago Film Festival, Winner – Audience Award, Hawaii Int’l Film Festival, Winner – Best Short Comedy, Breckenridge Festival of Film, Winner – Crystal Heart Award, Best Short Film & Audience Award, Heartland Film Festival, Winner – Christopher & Dana Reeve Audience Award, Williamstown Film Festival, Winner – Best Comedy, Dam Short Film Festival, Winner – Best Short Film, Sedona Int’l Film Festival.
