The Problem With ‘Visionary’ Leadership
As I write, it’s ‘Fat Cat Friday‘ in the UK. January 4th the day when the chief executives of FTSE 100 companies have already earned as much as the average salary of their workers. Acclaimed author...
View ArticleFree Practical NLP ebook this weekend!
My well-reviewed little ebook Practical NLP: How to use NLP principles to improve your life and work, even if you’re not NLP trained is FREE today, tomorrow and Sunday! (8-10 February 2019) “I REALLY...
View ArticleFree Online Collaboration Tools Compared
While designing my Practical Appreciative Inquiry online course pilot (now concluded, but email me if you are interested in the full-featured course that I’ll be launching soon), I auditioned various...
View ArticleThe Human Cost Of Change, And How To Reduce It
Rising levels of stress and depression The business bestseller lists are full of books about how to embrace change. Silicon Valley companies are lauded for disrupting traditional business models. “A...
View ArticleWhy It’s Better, And More Accurate, To Give Positive Feedback
Objective appraisal is impossible Although feedback is famously “the breakfast of champions”, nobody likes getting negative feedback. Now a new book, Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide...
View ArticleAn Easy Format For Giving Positive Feedback
Following on from the last post on Why It’s Better, And More Accurate, To Give Positive Feedback, here’s a format for doing just that. We’re more used to giving details about what people did wrong....
View ArticlePractical Appreciative Inquiry Online Training
A press release has gone out about the course – you can read it here or get the PDF version here. It has a bit more information about the course in addition to what’s on the course booking page. If…...
View ArticleEinstein Quote For Appreciative Inquiry
I came across this quote by Albert Einstein mentioned in a couple of places in the same week, and it struck my how applicable it is to Appreciative Inquiry. If you’re looking only at analysing the...
View ArticleIntroduction To Appreciative Inquiry – Video With Andy Smith
Recently I was interviewed over video link about Appreciative Inquiry by Joe Dager of Business901. This introductory segment covers: What Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is in a nutshell What teams need to...
View ArticleHow To Make Sure Training Actually Transfers To The Workplace: What Research...
Since the 1950s there’s been a perception that most of the money spent on training is wasted, because it either fails to transfer back into the workplace, or fades away over time. Most studies of...
View ArticleWant To Hire Emotionally Intelligent People For Your Team? My New Book Will Help
What makes the difference between the average performers and the stars in your team? More than any other factor, it’s emotional intelligence. This new book tells you how to hire emotionally intelligent...
View ArticleThe Neuroscience Of Appreciative Inquiry
Advances in brain-imaging technology from the 1990s onwards enabled researchers to discover two networks in the brain that in some ways are in opposition to each other. The Task Positive Network (TPN)...
View ArticleWhy The Cynic On Your Team Is Your Best Friend In Managing Change
A while ago, a friend asked my advice about dealing with an ‘apathetic and cynical’ member of her management team. The team were tasked with driving through some sweeping changes in her Primary Care...
View ArticleHow Does Appreciative Inquiry Compare With Other Strengths-Based Approaches?
Including:0:35 – One thing that’s unique about Appreciative Inquiry vs other strengths-based approaches1:12 – Actually, in practice there’s another big difference between Appreciative Inquiry and other...
View ArticleAndy Smith Podcast Interview – Appreciative Inquiry
I was the guest on Gina Pickersgill’s Healing Pool podcast’s episode about Appreciative Inquiry this week! Have a listen – it’s 51 minutes of me talking about how I see Appreciative Inquiry, how it can...
View ArticleWhat Is Appreciative Inquiry? Video
Andy Smith introduces Appreciative Inquiry with a short video. Don’t expect to get the whole of Appreciative Inquiry in this 5 minute video – but it is designed to be a good place to start! Why not...
View ArticleThe Neuroscience Of Appreciative Inquiry – Video And Transcript
In this video, Appreciative Inquiry facilitator Andy Smith introduces two networks in the brain that have been discovered (relatively) recently: the Task Positive Network and the Default Mode Network....
View ArticleWe Humans Have A Built-In Negative Bias – Here’s How To Redress It (Video And...
In this video, Andy Smith explains the effects of our hard-wired negative bias, what we can do to combat it, and why Appreciative Inquiry is a particularly effective method. If Appreciative Inquiry is...
View ArticleHow To Flip Any Problem To Find Positive Ways Past It – Without Ignoring...
Here’s an issue that anyone working with positive change methods is going to face, especially working in a business context. Here also is an elegant way to handle it. The Problem With Problem-Solving...
View ArticleWhat To Do When It’s Hard To Get Your Affirmative Topic Wording Right
Sometimes it’s easy to ‘flip’ a problem statement into an affirmative topic. But for some problems, perhaps vaguer or more complex ones, it can seem harder. Here’s a process you can use when none of...
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