I first heard about Appreciative Inquiry years ago, on a Google rabbit trail. You know what I’m talking about. I’m talking about the rabbit trail that sometimes leads us to […]
Recently, early one morning, I stopped by a retail store to pick up several items. As I was checking-out, the young man behind the counter asked with a smile, “what […]
We feel such a depth of gratitude for the opportunity to meet so many awesome people in this business whose energy and passion heighten us to achieve the best we […]
Since 2003, Brazil has had a yearly conference where business people gather and share stories about how they succeed in creating benefits for society and their business. Ilma Barros, the […]
Societal Appreciative Inquiry: re-thinking human dignity and sustainability for re-inventing society
In the dark plenary hall of the Ghent Convention Centre the album cover of Hotel California appeared, along with the beautiful tones of the Eagle’s evergreen. The audience sang along […]
Highlight in the already enlightening dialogue between Ken Gergen and Danielle Zandee was their little play about how conversations can degenerate, and how to prevent this – or even turn […]
As the Dutch IT firm Schuberg Philis grew, it started to become more of an “organization.” In his keynote address Thurday, information manager Ilja Heitlager explains: “Without realising it, we […]