Exercises, meeting designs & questions
Sharing the resources Paul collects
Sam Keen: On loving the questions
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 · Topics: author, questions
professor of philosophy and religion at “various legitimate institutions” and a contributing editor of Psychology Today for 20 years before becoming a free-lance thinker, lecturer, seminar leader and consultant · Go to Sam Keen: On loving the questions →
What are your forbidden questions?
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 · Topics: org-learning, questions
Over at The Authentic Organization blog, Michael Gilbert is compiling a list of forbidden questions — the questions no one asks. · Read more →
What is the story you are telling?
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 · Topics: life-purpose, storytelling, storytelling-exercises
From Betty Sue Flowers: There’s always a story going on. What is the story you are telling? What is your story about what is possible? · Read more →
For healthier work relationships
Saturday, June 11, 2005 · Topics: appreciative-inquiry, appreciative-inquiry-interviews, conflict-resolution, interpersonal-communication
When called into a personal conflict in the workplace, the parties usually want say “what she said” and “what he said” over and over again. Instead, ask them to reflect on the following, and then when they meet face to face, stick to the points they illuminated in their reflections. · Read more →
Life-giving relationships
Saturday, June 11, 2005 · Topics: appreciative-inquiry, positive-emotions, questions
Appreciative interview for two or more people (i.e. a family, spouses, partners) in an intimate relationship. · Read more →
Appreciative job interview
Thursday, June 9, 2005 · Topics: appreciative-inquiry-interviews, job-interviews, questions
Questions to ask when interviewing job candidates, based on Appreciative Inquiry principles. · Read more →
Personal intervention worksheet
Thursday, February 24, 2005 · Topics: emotional-intelligence, mindfulness, personal-growth, questions, reflection
If someone’s behavior is bothering me to the point of my wanting to say something, I stop and think through what’s bothering me before opening my mouth. · Read more →
