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Raju Mandhyan
Leading
Change with
Appreciative
Inquiry
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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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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
AIEverything and
everyone in a human
situation is a system
and in all systems
there is something,
however little, that
always works.
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Inquiry inspires and
invokes thought,
participation and
ownership
...therefore creativity
and constructivism.
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Assumptions of
AI
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Our words and
language create
our realities
...thus our worlds.
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Assumptions of
AI
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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
2. Why
3. How
4. What
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5. Which
6. What if
7. Who
8. When
9. Where
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Questions
Inward
Outward
Forward
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• Information
• Inward
• Outward
• Forward
• Committal
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The Four D
Cycle Model
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Four D Cycle
Discovery
“What gives life?”
(The best of what is)
Appreciating
Discovery
“What gives life?”
(The best of what is)
Appreciating
Design
“What should be--the ideal?”
Co-constructing
Design
“What should be--the ideal?”
Co-constructing
Affirmative
Topic Choice
Dream
“What might be?”
(What is the world calling for)
Envisioning Results
Dream
“What might be?”
(What is the world calling for)
Envisioning Results
Destiny
“How to empower, learn,
and adjust/improvise?”
Sustaining
Destiny
“How to empower, learn,
and adjust/improvise?”
Sustaining
Positive
Core
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Affirmative
Topic
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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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Raju Mandhyan
Leading
Change with
Appreciative
Inquiry
Editor's Notes
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.