Appreciative Inquiry A Positive Revolution in Change

I'm listening to Appreciative Inquiry A Positive Revolution in Change and thinking about Appreciating One Another from a Biblical perspective. In the process of making a positive change it's always good to keep in mind the character traits of a Christian (John 13:34-35, John 15:13, Eph 4:32, 1 Thes 5:11). Love one another, be kind, forgiving and encouraging.
Appreciative Inquiry has a four D process:

• Discovery: Root cause of success, start with successes. Open-ended questions, tell me about a time when you felt the team was at it's best. What did that look like?
• Dream: Where do we want to be? How would Bill Gates handle your responsibilities?
• Design: Maximize the value of everyone's contribution, Shorten the time to the finish line, Simplicity wins: Clarity begets unity.  
• Destiny: Organization's collective wisdom. Direction, not intention leads to the destination. When you're lost it's not because you don't know where you are, it's that you don't know how to get to where you're going.

The big idea is to move from problem-solving to Appreciative Inquiry. We don't ignore the problem we just come at it from the positive/future/opportunity perspective.

• Start with an affirmative topic
• Describe your high points, what made it great?
• Ten years from now what does your dream org look like?
• Engage your team in the four D's (Discovery, Dream, Design, Destiny) 

affirmative topics  characteristics

• Positively stated, about where you want to get to - rather than away from. WDYWFY
• Relevant and engaging, for all people involved
• Open to many possible ways to the desired result, won't presuppose a solution

example

• Culture - What would it look like if the best Enterprise Architect in the world were to conduct this meeting? What would the agenda, participation, and follow-up look like? How could we put these ideas into practice?
• Agenda topic would be objective focused, ten words or less and define success criteria for the topic. Begin with verbs like Align, Decide, Draft, Review, Complete, Evaluate. Time-bound topics, assign responsibility to each topic, provide prereading for participants. Prepare to call out members in the meeting to gain their insight.
• Innovation, What's new in the marketplace? How are other companies winning with these innovations?

Lord thank you for all the people you bring into my life, help me to appreciate everyone's contribution and bring the best out of those I encounter, in Jesus Name - AMEN