I am an avid promoter and a professor of the method of Appreciative Inquiry. No, sorry, I live and believe in the way of life as inspired by Appreciative Inquiry.
Using Appreciative Inquiry I can create change interventions, build teams, drive change of culture, coach, consult, teach, train, facilitate and even sell.
This is the short presentation I use for conducting workshops in India and the Philippines
1. Deep Inside a Harsh Desert Lies an Oasis!
Leading
Change with
Appreciative
Inquiry
Raju Mandhyan
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A Disclaimer
“I would not interfere with any
creed of yours, nor want to appear that I
have all the cures. There is so much to
know, so many things are true. The way
my feet must go may not be the best for
you. So I give this spark of what is
light to me, to guide you through the
dark but not tell you what to see.” -
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A Count Off Game
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Why Change?
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Appreciative
Inquiry
an emerging paradigm for seeking what
works and moving towards it
an organizational development method
or, better still, “a way of life.”
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Appreciative Inquiry
Appreciate
valuing, prizing, esteeming, honoring
the act of recognizing the best in people
or organizations
affirming past, present strengths and
future possibilities
to perceive things that give life to living
systems
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Appreciative Inquiry,
contd…
Inquiry
the act of exploration and discovery
to ask questions and be open to
seeing new potentials and
possibilities
wondering, curiosity
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Appreciative Inquiry,
contd…
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Applications
of AI
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A.I. is applied through
• Live Consulting with people
• Learning from experiences
• Involving communities
• Building visions which
everyone can share and
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Applications of AI
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The Eight
Three
Assumptions
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Assumptions of
Everything and AI
everyone in a human
situation is a system
and in all systems
there is something,
however little, that
always works.
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Assumptions of
Inquiry inspires and AI
invokes thought,
participation and
ownership
...therefore creativity
and constructivism.
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Assumptions of
AI
Our words and
language create
our realities
...thus our worlds.
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The AI
Protocol in
Action
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Questions
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Questions
From 1-10, Rank these Questions for
Empowerment
1. Yes/No Questions
5. Which
2. Why 6. What if
3. How 7. Who
4. What 8. When
9. Where
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Questions
• Information
Inward
• Inward
Outward • Outward
Forward • Forward
• Committal
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22. The Four D
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Cycle Model
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Affirmative Four D Cycle
Topic Choice Discovery
Discovery
“What gives life?”
“What gives life?”
(The best of what is)
(The best of what is)
Appreciating
Appreciating
Destiny
Destiny e Dream
Dream
“How to empower, learn,
“How to empower, learn, Positiv “What might be?”
“What might be?”
and adjust/improvise?” Core (What is the world calling for)
(What is the world calling for)
and adjust/improvise?”
Sustaining
Sustaining Envisioning Results
Envisioning Results
Design
Design
“What should be--the ideal?”
“What should be--the ideal?”
Co-constructing
Co-constructing
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Affirmative
Topic
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Choosing an
Affirmative Theme
Deficit Issues Affirmative Topics
Sexual Harassment Positive Cross-Gender
Working Relationships
•Mid-mgmt. Turnover
•Fear of Job Loss
•Low Morale
•Turfism/Silos
•Delayed Orders
•Customer Complaints
•Lack of Training
•Missed Commitments
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A Disclaimer
“I would not interfere with any
creed of yours, nor want to appear that I
have all the cures. There is so much to
know, so many things are true. The way
my feet must go may not be the best for
you. So I give this spark of what is
light to me, to guide you through the
dark but not tell you what to see.” -
Anon www.mandhyan.com
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Leading
Change with
Appreciative
Inquiry
Raju Mandhyan
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Hinweis der Redaktion
A moment. Leadership is in part a moment, a chance opportunity, when someone steps forward and says, "This way, follow me!" A journey. Leadership is not a final destination we arrive at, after a period of preparation. Rather, it is a lifelong trip toward a greater degree of self-awareness and enhancement of interpersonal skills. A symphony. art of leadership. The music, though, is symphonic in nature; it consists of notes coming from many instruments. This is why one cannot just lead only oneself just like a piano, by itself, cannot be considered as an orchestra.
Poetic Principle: We can choose what we study; organizations, like open books, are endless sources of information & learning.
Anticipatory Principle: Human systems move in the direction of their images; what we choose to study makes a difference.
Constructionist Principle: Words create worlds; meaning is socially created, through language & conversations.