Appreciative Inquiry
Creating more of
“What’s Right”
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) helps
organizations consciously and
deliberately shift their collective ways
of being & seeing to an appreciative
approach that will help them focus on
what’s right with their organization
(rather than what’s wrong) so that
they can inquire into what’s right and
then find ways of intentionally
creating more of that.
Success = More Success!
Organizations that focus on where they have
had success are able to create even more
success!
5 Generic Steps of Appreciative Inquiry*
1. Choose the
positive as the
focus of inquiry
5. Innovate and
improvise ways to
create that future
Definition
Design &
Destiny/Delivery
4. Create shared
images of a
preferred future
Ai
2. Inquire into
exceptionally
positive
moments
Discovery
3. Share the stories
and identify core
reasons for success
Dream
* Bernard J Mohr & Jane Magruder Watkins, The Essentials of Appreciative
Inquiry: A Roadmap for Creating Positive Futures, p. 5
Today’s Steps for Appreciative Inquiry
1. Successful
implementation of the
Wetland Policy
5. Discuss how these ideas for
successful implementation
might be realized
Definition
Design &
Destiny/Delivery
4. Based on past successes,
record what you might do to
support implementation
Dream
Ai
2. Share past examples of
successful implementation
of policies or plans
Discovery
3. Identify the core
reasons for success in the
examples shared
DEFINITION
Positive Focus of Inquiry:
“Successful implementation
of the wetland policy”
DISCOVERY . . . .
Share
Inquire
DISCOVERY – until 11:15
Inquire & Share:
- At your table discuss positive examples
of where you have seen successful policy
or program implementation in the past.
- For each example try to identify the
“core” of what made it successful.
DREAM . . . .
Preferred Future?
DREAM – until 11:55
How can we build on past successes?
- Based on past successes, share what
you might do to support successful
implementation of the wetland policy.
- As ideas are shared, record them on
the most appropriate template based
on the 9 category templates provided.
DREAM
The 9 categories are . . . .
1. Approvals and Compliance
2. Mitigation
3. Education & Outreach
4. Wetland Stewardship
5. Science Tools & Information Systems
6. Monitoring & Reporting
7. Governance and Coordination
8. Qualified Wetland Science Practitioner
9. Blank (for your own categories)
DREAM – until 11:55
How can we build on past success?
- Based on past successes, share what
you might do to support successful
implementation of the wetland policy.
- As ideas are shared, record them on
the most appropriate template based
on the 8 category templates provided.
Pre-lunch Overview
- We have a positive focus of inquiry
- We have inquired into past examples
of success
- We have dreamed what we might do
to support successful implementation
- In the afternoon we will continue to
dream, plus look at how we might
realize our ideas = a plan for success!
Design &
Destiny
DESIGN & DESTINY
Rotation One – until 1:30
Go to your first priority category:
- Review the ideas recorded under the
category and add any additional ideas.
- Discuss & record on new template
provided how these ideas might be
realized as part of wetland policy
implementation.
DESIGN & DESTINY
Rotation Two – until 2:00
Go to your second priority category:
- Review the ideas recorded in the first
rotation and add any additional ideas
for what might be done and how they
might be realized.
DESIGN & DESTINY
Rotation Three – until 2:30
Go to your third priority category:
- Review the ideas recorded in the
previous rotations and add any
additional ideas for what might be
done and how they might be realized.
DESIGN & DESTINY
Summary
Table facilitators share the Best
& Boldest ideas recorded!
Next Steps & Wrap-up
Thanks for Coming!