#appreciative perspective

Creating the Appreciative Organization

Appreciative inquiry has arrived! This term and the underlying concepts and attitudes associated with this term are flourishing in the fields of organizational development and organizational consultation. The term appreciative inquiry has even been abbreviated as AI. There is much to appreciate in the progress made to date in the field of appreciative inquiry. Yet, more must be done if the full…

Theory E²: Working with Entrepreneurs in Closely-Held Enterprises XI. The Acts of Appreciation

Previous in this series of essays I pointed to the metaphor offered by Hernando DeSoto regarding the nature of human capital. He suggested that human capital is often not fully actualized in many societies. Like the water that is accumulated behind a dam and that only generates energy after being sent through a generator, so human capital sits dormant unless there are structures, policies and…