Appreciative
Inquiry for Practitioners
Appreciative
Inquiry (AI) is a philosophy, a world view, a process for
aligning organizational goals with the assets and values
of the people within the system. AI can be a powerful perspective
and process that engages people at all levels of the organization.
AI can foster enthusiasm for and high commitment to effective
change. Used throughout the world, the Appreciative Inquiry
approach is equally effective in large businesses and small
intimate systems. It can be a perspective on any process—coaching
leaders, creating and strengthening teams, resolving differences,
valuing diversity, redesigning organizations, strategic
planning –as well as a process for creating community and
addressing social issues. In fact, Appreciative Inquiry
shifts the entire process of action research from deficit-based
problem solving to strength-based solution focused theory.
By searching out the positive, the generative, the creative,
AI enables organizations and individuals to change at the
speed of imagination – a skill much to be desired in these
times of rapid and discontinuous change.
Combining
theory and experiential learning, the program will immerse
participants in the practice of enabling clients to identify
what gives life to their systems in ways that create agile,
adaptive and creative organizations. This certificate program
not only teaches the use of AI as a process for change in
human systems, but also includes the major addition of providing
skills that will increase understanding of the use of self
as an agent of change, enhance contracting skills, and develop
capacity to utilize experiential learning as a process for
fostering creativity. This combination produces change agents
with the capacity for excellence in all the required functions
of a master change agent!
Participants
in the Appreciative Inquiry Certificate Program will:
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Increase their effectiveness to intervene in rapidly
changing systems
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Acquire knowledge, tools and resources from the best
practices in AI to expand their repertoire of consultation
methods
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Increase their consultative awareness and effectiveness
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Enhance their personal and professional effectiveness
as an agent of change
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Develop
skills to facilitate strategic and participatory changes
leading to improved quality of work-life, increased
workplace productivity and increased organization profitability.
Benefits
The Appreciative Inquiry
Certificate Program is offered jointly by NTL Institute
and the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western
Reserve University. NTL Institute has been a leader in the
social and behavioral sciences since its founding in 1947.
Case Western's Department of Organizational Behavior supported
much of the original research and conceptualization of Appreciative
Inquiry. Participants will benefit from the combined talent
that these two institutions bring to the Appreciative Inquiry
Certificate Program.
Courses
Part I - Core Programs
These required courses provide a basic foundation in Appreciative
Inquiry. Click on program title for a detailed program description,
dates and location.
Course 1: AI—A
Constructive Approach to OD
By focusing on the strengths and successes, the “exceptional
moments” of excellence and the life-giving forces in the
system, the organization can create a future that continuously
searches out and builds on their highest potential. This
program introduces and examines the process.
Course 2: Appreciative Inquiry Human Interaction Laboratory
This program is a special version of the Human Interaction Lab from an Appreciative Inquiry perspective. This lab will introduce you to the basics of Appreciative Inquiry, partly through theory presentations but mainly through experiential learning.
Course 3: AI—Designing
Experience-Based Learning
Participants will experience theory, method and techniques
used in adult education to facilitate delivery of learning
experiences based on learners’ needs.
Course 4: Appreciative Inquiry Practicum
Under faculty supervision, groups of four to six participants
will design and conduct abbreviated AI interventions for
their assigned client needs.
Part II - Electives:
Courses 5 and 6 (Select any two programs from the following)
Appreciative
Inquiry: Strategic Planning
Appreciative Inquiry:
Team Building
Appreciative
Inquiry In Coaching
Appreciative
Leadership
Part III - Community
Appreciative Inquiry Colloquy
There will be an annual summer community gathering for sharing, dialogue,
and exploration.
On-line Conferences*
Regular dialogues by phone or on-line with David Cooperrider
and other faculty will support the learning process between
sessions.
*Program dates and locations to be determined
Tuition
and Admission
$11,500, which includes a non-refundable administration
fee of $900 due upon signing the Appreciative Inquiry Certificate
Program Letter of Agreement. A variety of options are available
for payment of the tuition balance. Participants must be
formally enrolled in the Appreciative Inquiry Certificate
Program to receive a certificate of completion. Please download
an application
form to apply or contact a certificate
program counselor for more details.
For more information, contact
our Certificate Program Counselors at:
800-777-LABS (5227) or
click here.
