Strengths Economy
Curator's Notes
From the Campbell Soup Company to a church in Pennsylvania, conversations from an Appreciative Inquiry and strengths-based paradigm are taking place — or should be taking place, according to some — in very diverse settings.
Michelle Strutzenberger
More than 600 Cincinnati residents from many different walks of life gathered this past weekend in the grand ballroom of the Millennium Hotel on Fifth Street West for a kind of conversation that guaranteed has never taken place at such a scale in this city before.
Judith Samuelson
As global power brokers jet home from Davos, it's easy to be cynical about the value of such "gabfests," and wonder whether these face-to-face settings, with their massive carbon footprints, are worth continuing in an age of Skype and email.
Larry Espe
Peace River North School District 60 superintendent Larry Espe reflects on the potential for Appreciative Inquiry to transform the education dialogue in British Columbia.
Robyn Stratton-Berkessel
It’s exciting to be designing and developing the 2012 World Appreciative Inquiry Conference smartphone and iPad app.
Peter Crowley
You've just unleashed your organization's human capacity through an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) event. Now how do you sustain the momentum and build from there? Senior executive Peter Crowley, formerly vice-president of operations for Roadway Express Inc., provides insights from his own experiences, including surprising results from the application of the Lean program.
Peter Pula
This year I had the good fortune of two conversations with David Cooperrider. The first was while walking the grounds of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland this spring. That conversation gave plenty to ponder.
Strengths Economy
Churches that have introduced Appreciative Inquiry (AI) are seeing what researcher Cameron Eccleston calls “transformative” results, but what’s most at play in these outcomes?
Stakeholder News
What’s a hashtag? Well, if you’re attending an upcoming social media workshop to advance the inclusion of people who have a disability, it’s not only a valid question but a tagline that will allow you to follow the events remotely via Twitter.
Editorial
The outlook for many communities is increasingly bleak. In recent decades, commercial downturns have been buffered by the ability of our governments to provide stimuli, or even to simply keep our civil services healthy and employing people. This is no longer the case.
Briefs
Last week, a group of enthusiastic people gathered in Antwerp, Belgium for the kick-off of the 2012WAIC media team. These people gathered around a common dream to create a dynamic crew that covers the highlights of the conference on the WAIC website and social media platforms. To learn more, click here.
The thirteenth meeting of the Begeistring Community European Network for Appreciative Inquiry and Strengths-Based Change is slated for May 30-June 1. Launched in Vinkeveen, Netherlands in May 2006, the network now represents 11 countries, with Croatia to come on board at this upcoming gathering in Zagreb. To learn more, click here.
We Recommend
Appreciative Inquiry thought leader David Cooperrider shares the story of an Arabic/Jewish business collaboration success in Israel that brings this notion of business as an agent of world benefit to very real and powerful life.
In this Drucker Exchange podcast, Marcus Buckingham speaks on how to identify and build on your strengths in order to find your competitive edge.
With the publication of his book The World Book of Happiness, author and editor Leo Bormans has become a world ambassador for happiness, and is regularly invited worldwide to present on the subject. "I'm just glad I didn't write a book on the subject of vinegar," he says with a chuckle. Check out our latest story with Leo here, and watch the above video for another thought-provoking angle on the subject.
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