Course Introduction
“Appreciative Inquiry” is a positive change management approach within the current field of management that is focused on inspiring, mobilizing, and exploring strengths. It begins by discovering the strengths of the organization and its members (core competencies and strategic advantages) and ensures active engagement of stakeholders in designing the future, ultimately leading to significant improvements in organizational effectiveness. Robert Quinn, a senior professor at the University of Michigan, referred to its application in the field of management as a “revolution in the field of organizational development.”
Leaders in Appreciative Inquiry do not approach change from the perspective of problems but instead seek to uncover and enhance the “positive aspects” of subordinates and teams from the angle of creating possibilities, bringing about creative change.
Course objectives
appreciative inquiry
Transformation and inspiration from the perspective of "problem processing" to "appreciative inquiry"
Appreciate yourself
Start practicing the key abilities of appreciation and inquiry by appreciating yourself
Transformative power
Experience the transformative power of your own issues
Core principles
Understand and internalize the core principles of appreciative inquiry
Use 4D questions
How to use 4D questions when coaching subordinates and teams
Teaching methods
Lecturer
teaches
Experiential
teaching
Video tutorial
teaching
Group
discussion
Role
play
Interactive
feedback
class schedule
Day 1
Appreciate yourself
Tap into your inner strength
01. Opening warm-up and grouping
02. Self-appreciation－let your talents shine
- Share strengths and peak experiences
- Feedback from YES AND
03. Introduction to the origin of AI and 4D models
04. Transformation of AI perspective
- Perspective switching exercise
- How to select a forward topic
05. Personal Hero’s Journey－Exploring Core Values
- Life path chart
- Peak experience interview
06. Cover story reporting—listening to each other to form a whole
- Theory U listening exercises
- Forward core
- Summary and reflection
07. Future Vision Letter—Start with the end in mind and become the change you want
- Free writing exercises
- Dream map
- Reflect and share
08. 4F Summary and Homework of the 8 Principles
Day 2
Embrace change
Inspire unlimited potential in others
01. Review of the first day’s content
- Small luck
- Learning and sharing of 8 principles
- Feedback from YES AND
02. Dance with challenges and opportunities
- Applying AI
- Scenario drill
03. Practical exercises
- Instructor demonstration of real cases
- Three-person team drill
- Reflection and feedback
04. Select positive themes within the team
- Discuss and select positive themes within the team
- Introduction to AI interviews and 4D questions
05. Application and practice of appreciative inquiry
- Discuss and design application scenarios and goals
- Introduction and design of 4D questions
- Group live drills
- Appreciative feedback and reflection
