By Fr. Anton Rosari, SVD
What is Appreciative Inquiry?
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an emerging paradigm
of looking for what is right and moves toward it. By focusing on what is right
rather than what is wrong, AI gives us access to the kind of energy that can be
transformative. AI begins with the belief that we have a choice to choose to
see possibilities and capabilities.
AI is a tool for Positive Revolution in Change. Change is everywhere.
Every change has consequences, even if this change is only minor change. The
reality of change happens to individuals, groups, organizations and society.
For centuries philosophers have struggled with the definition of “change’.
Heraclitus stated a famous dictum: “nothing endures but change”. This kind of
change seems not intentional-change, but rather of the change that is a
consequence of inherent potential for development associated with every entity
(Kenter, 1992). In the appreciative Inquiry, we look at change as an intended
change. It is a “planned change”.
We are programmed
to have a certain mind set. But the appreciative people always open to the new
realm of possibilities, aware of life experiences, and create positive
conversations.
Length of time:4 days(23 to 26 September)
