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Deep Inside a Harsh Desert Lies an Oasis!

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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

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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.”




Appreciative InquiryAppreciate

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



Appreciative Inquiry, contd…

Inquiry the act of exploration and

discovery to ask questions and be open to

seeing new potentials and possibilities

wondering, curiosity


Appreciative Inquiry, contd…



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


The Eight Three Assumptions



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.


Assumptions of AI


Our words and language create our realities ...thus our worlds.


Assumptions of AI


The AI Protocol in Action



Questions



QuestionsFrom 1-10, Rank these Questions for

Empowerment

1. Yes/No Questions 2. Why3. How4. What


5. Which6. What if7. Who8. When9. Where


Questions

Inward Outward Forward


• Information• Inward• Outward• Forward• Committal



The Four D Cycle Model



Four D CycleDiscovery

“What gives life?”(The best of what is)

Appreciating

Design“What should be--the ideal?”

Co-constructing

AffirmativeTopic Choice

Dream“What might be?”

(What is the world calling for)Envisioning Results

Destiny“How to empower, learn,and adjust/improvise?”

Sustaining

Positive

Core



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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leading change with appreciative inquiry

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