[Ailist] Announcing AIP Nov '08 -- Strength-Based Organizations: The Challenge for Appreciative Inquiry 2.0?

[Anne Radford]

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AI Practitioner Newsletter - November 2008 - Plain Text Version
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[ Announcing the November 2008 AI Practitioner ]

Strength-Based Organizations: The Challenge for Appreciative Inquiry  
2.0?

Guest editors: Bernard J Mohr, Catherine McKenna, Sallie Lee and  
Joanne Daykin

In 1987 David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva published  
"Appreciative Inquiry in Organizational Life", the first time the  
term Appreciative Inquiry appeared in a professional publication.  
Now, the guest editors focus on the question, 'What's next?': what is  
the new frontier of Appreciative Inquiry?

'Our hope for this issue is that stories and cases of emergent  
strength-based organizations will invigorate and further refine the  
definitions and propositions presented here. As more and more  
practitioners join the conversation, we anticipate the threads coming  
together in unexpected and wonderful ways. We are confident they will  
challenge our thinking and offer exciting new answers to the question  
'what might be?'

There is a Foreword by David Cooperrider on 3-Circles of the  
Strengths Revolution: Elevation of Strengths, Alignment and  
Magnification of Strengths, and Refraction of Strengths Outward Into  
Society.

Articles are presented in two parts:
Part One - Emerging Theory and Methodology for Creating and  
Sustaining Strength-Based Organizations
Key questions, results of new research and methods for tracking  
growth in SBOs are featured in this part of the issue.

Part Two - Stories from the Strength-Based Organization Frontier
Nine stories show the paradigm shift from a deficit mindset to a  
strength-based framework. They highlight how this thinking is now  
mainstream for many organizations and an accepted way of bringing  
about growth or delivering high quality service.

The stories are first hand reports from New Zealand, Canada and the  
United States of organizations in manufacturing, healthcare,  
education, community service and the media as (or their journey  
towards) strength-based organizations.

The articles set out principles as well as specific examples of  
systems, structures and processes that build on the strengths of  
everyone in an organization.


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*AIP issues in 2009 include:
Working Boldly with Appreciative Inquiry - Examples from UK AI Network
Intergenerational conversations
Appreciative Systemic Practice

Very many thanks to everyone who has contributed to an AIP issue this  
year and supported AIP by buying an article, issue or subscription.  
Also, thank you for letting your networks know about the wide range  
of articles available.

Regards,
Anne

Anne Radford
editor at aipractitioner.com
Publisher, AI (Appreciative Inquiry) Practitioner
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Anne Radford is also Consultant to business leaders and  
organisational consultants
http://www.aradford.co.uk


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