Companies around the world are engaged in bold experiments with an innovative process of organization development called appreciative inquiry (AI). Developed by Dr. David Cooperrider and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University and The Taos Institute, AI is based on the principle that organisations change in the direction of what they study. Inquiry-whether it is an organization survey, a question posted by a manager at the start of a meeting, or the analysis used to redesign a week process-is fateful. It plants the seeds of the future. Read More
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