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Title: The Appreciative Inquiry Summit: A Practitioner's Guide for Leading Large-Group Change by James D. Ludema, Diana Whitney, Bernard J. Mohr, Thomas J. Griffin ISBN: 1-57675-248-8 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A good and detailed guide to AI
Comment: Appreciative Inquiry is an increasingly popular technique within the wider family of interventions designed to bring about change through cooperation across a whole system, working with a large group of people. Its distinguishing feature is the emphasis on the positive - what is good about the present and offers potential for the future, what aspirations there are for the future, how do we design such a future and what are the concrete steps to start bringing it about.

This book goes into great detail on the rationale for the approach and the step by step activities required to move through the process. It is a well set-out and thorough guide for practitioners.

For a guide to the range of techniques available and a comparison between them, refer to Napuk and Palmer: The Large Group Facilitator's Manual or Bunker and Alban: Large Group Interventions.

Rating: 5
Summary: Cutting Edge Approach
Comment: I found this book to be compelling. The authors offer the "Evolution of Thought on Managing Change" in the first chapter that suggests that today "Everyone innovates for extraordinary performance." Those companies/organizations and leaders that choose to accept this to be fact, should familiarize themselves with Appreciative Inquiry. And, for those looking for the "how-to" book to accomplish AI within their organizations on a grand scale, this is the textbook that fills that need.

Rating: 5
Summary: AI Summit Practitioner's Guide
Comment: This is an inspiring work at the confluence of idealism and practicality. It is a reference source relevant to the experienced practitioner and a great learning resource for one who wants to learn more about appreciative inquiry. Interweaving compelling stories, the authors provide an informative set of tools and guides. I was able to use information in the sample participant guide the same day the book arrived.

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