Appreciative Inquiry...
Bringing Out the Best in Your Team

The Appreciative Inquiry methodology, developed by David Cooperider, PhD, of Case Western Reserve University, is based on the insight that human systems grow toward what they persistently ask questions about. Uncovering these past experiences allows team members to employ self motivation and shine in their roles.  Teams can then achieve optimal results and productivity, stimulate results-oriented thinking, and achieve collective ownership of project and organizational outcomes

Here are the “assumptions” of the appreciative inquiry process.

1. In every team, something works well.
2. Those who have studied team performance know that what we focus on becomes our reality.
3. The act of asking questions of individuals influences the team in either positive or negative ways.
4. People have more confidence and comfort to work toward a future goal when they carry forward parts of the past or “what they already know”.
5. If we carry parts of the past forward, those parts should be what worked “best” about the past.
6. It is important to value each others’ strengths and differences.
7. The language we establish and use today creates our future reality.

At Officium, we believe that the most effective tool for helping individuals bring their skill set and talent to the team experience is done with the process of Appreciative Inquiry.

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