Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has been described in a myriad of ways: a radically affirmative approach to change that completely lets go of problem-based management, the most important advance in action research in the past decade, and organization development’s philosopher stone. Summing up AI is difficult—it is a philosophy of knowing, a methodologyfor managing change, an approach to leadership and human development. Here is a practice-oriented definition: Read More

Source: Exploring Appreciative Inquiry: Published by World Business Academy Perspectives, Vol. 14, No. 2, (June 2000): 69-78. Diana Whitney, Ph.D. and David Cooperrider.