SI Programme

Appreciative Inquiry Foundations

 

Human systems grow in the direction of questions we most frequently ask ourselves

Module Basics

Format: On-demand online workshop + Hybrid coaching community 

Details on dates and registration will be shared shortly.

Most change processes start by asking what's broken. Appreciative Inquiry (Ai) starts with what's already working, and what becomes possible when you build from there.

This module is for:

  • Organisation Development Practitioners facilitating transformation efforts
  • Leaders keen to learn about strengths-based change
  • Internal Facilitators and Coaches keen to frame and design inquiry that transforms

Used by organisations across the world to drive strategy, culture change, community engagement, and leadership development, Ai is one of the most powerful and deeply human approaches to transformation available today. 

What you will learn

This foundations programme will give you a rigorous grounding in Ai theory and practice, and the key practice that underpins serious organisational change work. Guided by the Principles of Appreciative Inquiry, the process typically involves the 4-D stages with an affirmative topic as the focal point.

Comprising both coursework and fieldwork, this programme provides in-depth and hands-on training to apply AI methodologies at the interpersonal, organisational and ecosystem levels. 

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