Exercises, meeting designs & questions
Sharing the resources Paul collects
10 appreciative things you can start doing today
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 · Topics: appreciative-inquiry, appreciative-inquiry-interviews
Many find Appreciative Inquiry transformative — changing the way our mind perceives the world. Choose one of these appreciative practices and try it once a day for a week. At the end of the week ask yourself, “How do I see the world differently?” Then continue the practice for two weeks. · Read more →
Open questions
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 · Topics: inquiry, questions
Open questions are designed to encourage full, meaningful, open-ended answers using the respondent’s own knowledge, opinions and feelings. Open questions are good for developing a conversation and finding out more detail; they ask the respondent to think and reflect. The opposite is closed questions, which encourage short or single-word answers. Open-ended questions typically begin with · Read more →
What is my intention for this conversation?
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 · Topics: feedback, intentions, interpersonal-communication, questions
I have a friend who will want to talk and he’ll tell me why. Often he’s asking for me to just listen while he talks something through out loud. By stating his intention, it makes it easier for me to understand what I’m asked to do and decide if and when I can participate. · Read more →
Asking for feedback
Friday, May 13, 2011 · Topics: feedback, interpersonal-communication, questions
Conversation design to ask an individual or group for specific feedback · Read more →
Giving feedback
Friday, May 13, 2011 · Topics: feedback, interpersonal-communication, questions
Conversation design when giving feedback · Read more →
Receiving feedback
Friday, May 13, 2011 · Topics: feedback, interpersonal-communication, questions
Conversation design for receiving feedback from others · Read more →
24 hours of Appreciative Inquiry
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 · Topics: appreciative-inquiry, journaling
The purpose of this assignment is to help you be aware of the world around you and the world within you in an appreciative way. Choose a 24 hour period in which to focus your attention. · Read more →
Check-ins and conversation starters
Monday, April 11, 2011 · Topics: change, collaboration, leadership, meeting-design, meeting-facilitation, questions
Check-in questions from Otto Scharmer and Dorothy Baumgartner; conversation starters from Margaret Wheatley and Workplace Circles, plus starters about leadership, change and collaboration. · Read more →
