The Power of Appreciative Inquiry : A Practical Guide to Positive Change
Diana Whitney , Amanda Trosten-Bloom
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
San Francisco, CA United States
2003
Annotation: The power of Appreciative Inquiry describes a wildly popular new approach to organizational change that dramatically improves performance by encouraging people to study, discuss, learn from, and build on what's working, rather than trying to fix what's not. Whitney and Trosten-Bloom use examples from many different types of organizations to illustrate Appreciative Inquiry in action, drawing upon a five-year project with Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, a company which achieved a 15% improvement in its bottom line by creating a new strategic direction and culture using AI. The authors illustrate each step in the AI process using actual events at Hunter Douglas, emphasizing the customized, flexible, almost artistic nature of the process. A how-to book but not a manual, The Power of Appreciative Inquiry describes the newest ideas and practices in the field of Appreciative Inquiry since its inception in 1985.
Forward by David Cooperrider
Online Resources:
Berrett-Koehler Publishing
Resource Files:
Book Fact Sheet and order form (pdf )
A book review (doc )
Draft of one of the chapters (pdf )
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