Authors: James D. Ludema, Diana Whitney, Thomas J. Griffin, Bernard J. Mohr
ISBN-13: 9781576752487, ISBN-10: 1576752488
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: First Edition
James D. Ludema lives in Lisle, IL.
Mohr, The Synapse Group, Inc., NTL Institute.
Mohr, The Synapse Group, Inc., NTL Institute.
DIANA WHITNEY is President of the Corporation for Positive Change, Taos, N.M., and co-Founder of the Taos Institute, Cleveland, OH. An internationally recognized speaker and consultant on appreciative inquiry, she focuses on ways to use AI to create large-scale social and organizational change.
For internal and external organization change consultants, fellow consultants explain how to use the Appreciate Inquiry Summit approach to make large and often entrenched companies more profitable quickly. They set out the concept, and walk readers through the process before, during, and after the three-to-five day event. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Pt. I | Understanding the AI Summit | 2 |
Ch. 1 | What Is the Appreciative Inquiry Summit Methodology? | 5 |
Ch. 2 | The Appreciative Inquiry Summit Process: Start to Finish | 27 |
Ch. 3 | Ten Essential Conditions for AI Summit Success | 37 |
Pt. II | Before the Summit | 52 |
Ch. 4 | Sponsoring an Appreciative Inquiry Summit | 55 |
Ch. 5 | Planning the AI Summit | 71 |
Ch. 6 | Creating the AI Summit Design | 93 |
Pt. III | During the Summit | 120 |
Ch. 7 | Discovery | 125 |
Ch. 8 | Dream | 145 |
Ch. 9 | Design | 169 |
Ch. 10 | Destiny | 187 |
Ch. 11 | Facilitating an AI Summit | 205 |
Pt. IV | After the Summit | 220 |
Ch. 12 | Summit Follow-up | 223 |
Ch. 13 | The Promise of the Appreciative Organization | |
Pt. V | Appendix: Sample Participant Workbook | 252 |
Notes | 281 | |
Other Books on Appreciative Inquiry | 291 | |
Index | 293 | |
About the Authors | 307 |