City Of Longmont, CO

Case Studies

Strategic Focus:   Develop community-supported strategic policies, to make sure that Longmont can continue to be a great place to live both now and into the future as it approaches build-out within its planning boundaries. Project Brand:  Focus on Longmont... read more

Boulder County Aging Services

Case Studies

Strategic Focus:   Develop a widely supported 10-year plan for countywide aging services, along with an ongoing process of engagement that will reinforce the plan and assure its successful implementation. Project Brand:  Greeting our Future: A New Approach to Aging... read more

Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Transformation: Reports from the Field

Books

By: Edited by Ronald Fry, Diana Whitney, Jane Seiling, Frank Barrett A collection of articles by some of AI’s most renowned thought-leaders and practitioners, these publications are intended as source books for students. They contain chapters from early seminal... read more

Appreciative Leadership: Five Strategies of Appreciative Leadership

Articles and Chapters

Adapted from Appreciative Leadership: Focus on What Works to Drive Winning Performance and Build a Thriving Organization Diana Whitney, Amanda Trosten-Bloom and Kae Rader   Through our research on Appreciative Leadership and positive power, we have identified... read more

From ‘Best’ to ‘Even Better’ – Rapid Relational Results at ARAG North America

Articles and Chapters, Case Studies

In anticipation of exponential growth and sweeping market changes, ARAG® North America launched Transformation 2020: a cultural intervention designed to leverage the company’s existing ‘best place to work’ status while preparing its workforce for radical innovation... read more

Strengthening Organizational Wings

Articles and Chapters, Case Studies

This article tells the story of a school for students from preschool through secondary school in a large urban district in California. Misunderstood by and at odds with district administration, the faculty felt discounted, fragmented and angry. A new principal found... read more

Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding: A Resource for Innovators

Books

By: Cynthia Sampson, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Claudia Liebler, Diana Whitney. This book is an outgrowth of a pioneering conference held at American University in Washington, DC, in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US. Attempting to feed... read more

Appreciative Inquiry in Healthcare

Books

By: Natalie May, Daniel Becker, Richard Frankel, Julie Haizlip, Rebecca Harmon, Margaret Plews-Ogan, John Schorling, Anne Williams, Diana Whitney Appreciative Inquiry (AI), a positive and collaborate approach to organizational change, is taking hold in clinics,... read more

Diana Whitney: Appreciative Leadership (National Smart Start Conference)

Videos and Audios

Dr. Diana Whitney presented a keynote lecture on May 1, 2013 at the National Smart Start Conference on Appreciative Leadership: Focus on What Works to Build a Thriving Organisation.... read more

Application of Appreciative Learning (1) – Be an Enabler to Make Things Possible

Blog

My recent sharing with a group of experienced trainers about the concept of #AppreciativeInquiry and its application has inspired me to reflect on my own journey. Like many other learning and development professionals, I first started my career as an in-house trainer... read more