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About the Course

Appreciative Inquiry is a collaborative and constructive inquiry process that searches for everything that gives life to organizations, communities, and larger human systems when they are most alive, effective, creative and healthy in their interconnected ecology of relationships. To appreciate, quite simply, means to value and to recognize that which has value—it is a way of knowing and valuing the best in life. In the language of Positive Organizational Scholarship it means a research focus—a positive bias—seeking fresh understanding of dynamics described by words like excellence, thriving, abundance, resilience, or exceptional and life-giving. In this context the word appreciate means to value those things of value—it is a mode of knowing often connected to the idea of esthetic appreciation in the arts. To appreciate also means to be grateful or thankful for—it is a way of being and maintaining a positive stance along the path of life's journey. And not incidentally, to appreciate is to increase in value too. Combining the three—appreciation as a way of knowing, as a way of being and as an increase in value– suggests that Appreciative Inquiry is simultaneously a life-centric form of study and a constructive mode of practice. As a form of study, Appreciative Inquiry focuses on searching systematically for those capacities and processes that give life and strength and possibility to a living system; and as a constructive mode of practice, it aims at designing and crafting human organizations through a process in which valuing and creating are viewed as one, and where inquiry and change are powerfully related and understood as a seamless and integral whole Leading Positive Change through Appreciative Inquiry is a course dedicated to advancing our understanding and skill in leading strength-based change and on how to create, foster and manage organizations in which people thrive and perform at their best....

Top reviews

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May 16, 2020

This course was definitely edifying. I have learnt so much more about Appreciative Inquiry. I can progress through effective case management with confidence.

ES

Jul 4, 2022

Am inspired! Awesome sharing & informative resources to seed interest in this area. Benefitted lots ... am grateful :O)

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By Amanda S

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Jun 24, 2024

really good I learnt a lot

By Mely H

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Mar 29, 2022

It is a good course indeed

By Lynda R

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May 17, 2020

Course content very good!

By Fabio S

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Oct 17, 2018

Great Framework to learn!

By Shish P

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Feb 23, 2022

Exlent Learning About AI

By Mariana B

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Aug 16, 2020

Great insights and tips

By Winston A W

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Sep 5, 2020

Excellent, thank you.

By Karine R

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Dec 13, 2019

fantastic course!!!!!

By Sheena B

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Jul 13, 2017

Loved this course!!

By RAMLATH K

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Sep 3, 2020

A WONDERFUL COURSE

By Dr. S M

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May 29, 2020

Outstanding course

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By Dyankar A A C

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Aug 25, 2020

Good assigments!

By Dhanashree T

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May 16, 2019

Excellent Course

By Toni B

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Jun 28, 2024

Like this class

By Sven S

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May 29, 2016

Great Course!!

By Nwobodo H

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Nov 7, 2022

An eye opener

By Fabio M V

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Aug 28, 2017

Great course!

By Natalia O

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Sep 8, 2021

nice course

By Valentina M

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Apr 26, 2020

Educational

By Hermes D

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Sep 29, 2025

Exxcellent

By CF

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Oct 29, 2024

very good

By Marcella A C J

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Oct 5, 2016

Amazing!

By Eman Y

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Jun 11, 2024

great

By Rishikesh S

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Sep 22, 2025

good