[Ailist] RE: Ailist Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2

[Katia]

Hello Stan,

Re Stan's post" I am working on a project where I used appreciative inquiry.
It is six months later I have to do a follow up exercise. Looking for an
exercise that would be half hour to hour at most. Any suggestions."


We have just finished our first large AI summit, with 2 x 50 participants in
one department of a major bank. The summit itself was a wonderful
experience, both for ourselves and for the participants (and I'll post a
question about that later). However, we were also looking for ways to
promote / stimulate the change after the summit. And here's what we came up
with. 

We announced at the end of the AI summit that the working groups will
present their (intermediate or complete) results to the whole group 3 months
after the summit. The date for this feedback session has been communicated,
so it becomes more real. We are also organising two 'community of
practice'-sessions for the workgroup leaders, where they can learn & share
experiences.

We hope that this feedback by the workgroups to the whole system, will have
two effects: first that it gives energy to all when they hear of the results
(proves that the summit brought about real change, not only talking and
dreaming). And second, that it stimulates the groups to achieve results,
rather than letting the energy flow away because the daily business reality
absorbs too much attention and energy.

So we won't be doing an exercise, but rather share information, results,
experiences.

Katia


Katia Van Belle

www.propellor.be
Changing projects




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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:12:24 EDT
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I am working on a project where I used appreciative inquiry.
It is six months later I have to do a follow up exercise.
Looking for an exercise that would be half hour to hour at most.
Any suggestions.
 
Stan Capela