An appreciation of the process when deciding to work with others

1. APPRECIATIVE
INQUIRY
Exploring Working Together
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2.  Consciously seeks to discover
people’s exceptionality – their
unique gifts, strengths, and
qualities.
 Actively searches to recognize
specialties, essence,
contributions & achievements.
 Is based on principles of
equality of voice – everyone is
asked to speak about their
vision of the true, the good, and
the possible.
 Builds momentum & success
through a belief in people.
 Is an invitation to a positive
revolution. APPRECIATIVE
Its goal is to discover in all
INQUIRY

human beings the exceptional
and the essence.
 Motto: creating organizations
that are in full voice! Exploring Working Together
 Cooperrider, D.L. et. al. (Eds) , Lessons from
the Field: Applying Appreciative Inquiry, Thin
Book Publishing, 2001, page 12.
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3. DISCOVERY
Opportunities, Possibilities &
Expectations of Working
Together
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4. PRACTICE 1
INTRODUCTIONS
 Include a five-minute  Mission
presentation of your  Purpose
business and services. If  Market Served
possible include  Strengths
handouts.  Competencies
 Potential for collaboration
 Individually you should  Potential for collective
collaboration
appreciatively assess
each individual’s  Area’s for clarification
business as  Area’s for future
explorations
presentations are
made:  Other Assets
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5. BRIEFING
HOW WE MADE IT TOGETHER?
Reflect quietly on this before entering into
conversation
What story would I like to be telling about how we
made it together.?
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6.  Scale of mission
 Scope of mission
 Passion in mission
MISSION
Definition?
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7.  What am
offering?
 How do I want to
make a
difference?
 What do I
represent?
PURPOSE
Definition?
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8.  Who am I
offering to?
 How do I want to
make a
difference?
 What will
change for
them? MARKET SERVED
Customers, Clients, Recipients
of …?
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9.  What is unique?
 What do we
have in
common?
 Which strengths
do I consciously
grow?
STRENGTHS
An experience, philosophy, or
story gives you an opportunity
to present yourself.
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10.  What do you see
as your …?
 The
competencies I
notice are…?
 The
competencies
we have in COMPETENCIES
common? Definition?
TIP: Tell a story or experience
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11.  Common?
 Unique?
 Philosophy?
POTENTIAL FOR
COLLABORATION
Could we work together as
separate services?
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12.  What could we
do together?
 How can we
make a bigger
difference?
 Where can a POTENTIAL FOR
merger be COLLECTIVE
stronger? COLLABORATION
Could we work together on
joint service?
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13.  Complementary
?
 Supplementary?
 Creation &
Innovation?
TIP:
Use, I wonder… AREAS FOR
sentences. CLARIFICATION
Question Marks for further
Inquiry?
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14.  What can we
offer together?
 What would be
fun to explore?
 Dreaming
expansion? AREAS FOR
FUTURE
EXPLORATION
Looking ahead, if all goes
well…
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15.  Experience?
 Networking?
 Services
&
Resources?
OTHER ASSETS
????????????????????
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16. CAN IT BE FUN?
Adding value!
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17. DE-BRIEFING
WHAT WAS MY EXPERIENCE?
Reflect quietly on this after the conversation
What was the experience like and what is my next
step?
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18. THE BEST OF BOTH & EVEN
BETTER
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