[Ailist] Is Appreciate Inquiry like "applying leeches"?

[Stephanie West Allen]

Excerpt from "The Future of Leadership":

I’m fond of Elliot Jacques’ statement that “management today is where  
medicine was before the discovery of circulation of the blood.” I  
think many s+b readers see much of what’s going on in management  
change as an example of “applying leeches” without really being sure  
that it is going to make a difference. This year it might be  
coaching, two years ago it was organizational design, and two years  
before that it was appreciative inquiry. All these different methods  
have varying degrees of applicability and validity, but nobody  
reliably can say why they’re effective, when they’re effective, and  
where they’re effective. There’s no unifying field theory of  
management. This has led to a healthy amount of skepticism.

Rest here:

http://www.shambhalainstitute.org/Fieldnotes/issue-14-stacey

Stephanie