Strengths Movement Still in Act 1

GHENT, Belgium – It was in Belgium more than 20 years ago that David Cooperrider and others created a fuller understanding of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), making this week’s fifth World Appreciative Inquiry Conference held in that very same country of historic significance.

David, Case Western Reserve University’s internationally renowned organizational behaviour professor and founding thought leader of the AI movement, proposes that in some ways we’re picking up on parts of that earlier conversation, particularly in thinking about ways to increase the generative potential of human inquiry.

This is an important emphasis, given that — after so many global strengths conferences and the blooming of the AI and strengths approach worldwide — we are even so still in the very early stages of tapping the full potential of the approach, according to David.

While the growth and contribution of AI and strengths-based projects are doubling exponentially and looking to do so for a while, David suggests when it comes to creativity in the field and the current learning curve, we are about 10 per cent into the implications of this positive revolution in change that AI helps make happen.

In light of that, what questions might we as conference participants, and those beyond these walls, want to ask ourselves as we consider our roles in this strengths-based movement going forward? Read Full Article>>

Author: Michelle Strutzenberger with Axiom News on April 25, 2012.