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Lindsey Godwin – alongside her wonderful team at the Cooperrider Centre – announced a theme of Thriving Together for a three-day online AI Jam. It was designed to gather even more voices around the world and further co-create new ways for bringing AI into the challenges of our times. We gathered for three days from April

In the last three months, Appreciating People has been working with a third sector organisation exploring changes to working practices and new pay differential systems  The organisation is aiming to embed a strength-based culture and utilise Appreciative inquiry tools and mindset, as a core part of its organisation culture and operating systems. Like many voluntary

Revisiting valued learning resources helps you see them in a new light, and reveals previously-unnoticed insights, says Tim Slack. At the South African World Conference for Appreciative Inquiry in 2015, a friend lent me a copy of Turn the Ship around! A true story of Turning Followers into leaders by L. David Marquet. It was a

In these challenging times it feels good to share news about our recent Appreciative Inquiry work. We have delivered online training events for NHS organisations and for local authorities which went very well – including a mini AI programme for Leeds Children’s Hospital, and a set of courses for Nottingham University hospital. We also began a