[Ailist] Examples of great provocative propositions?

[Billie Alban]

Why not take the language from Future Search, which really comes from Ron Lippitt, and ask what people's preferred or desired future is ?







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From: Andy Smith <andy at ai-consulting.co.uk>

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Subject: [Ailist] Examples of great provocative propositions?





I am having real difficulty finding examples of provocative propositions  which live up to the criterion of being exciting and engaging. Most of the  examples I have seen on the web seemed to be stuffed with business verbiage  (like "leverage") and dry abstract concepts (like "stakeholder value") and  it's hard to imagine anyone getting excited about them. Hardly any are  written in a way that make them vivid and tell stories.    As an example of one that I did think was exciting, here's one that Tim  Slack of Appreciative People in Liverpool, England shared with me from a  church group that his company worked with - as best I can remember it:    "The bishop visited our church today, and she brought her girlfriend"    Any more like that, which paint a vivid picture?    Thanks,  Andy Smith  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  Andy Smith ~ Director ~ AI Consulting Ltd  Appreciative Inquiry events ~ consulting ~ training  E: andy at ai-consulting.co.uk  T: 0845 272 2390   M: 07967 591 313  W: www.ai-consulting.co.uk  AI Consulting Ltd, Gilhurst House, 94 Dudley Road, Manchester, M16 8BR                  _______________________________________________  The Appreciative Inquiry Discussion List is hosted by the David Eccles School of   Business at the University of Utah. Jack Brittain is the list administrator. For   subscription information, go to:  http://mailman.business.utah.edu:8080/mailman/listinfo/ailist