This is the slide show for a 4 1/2 hour facilitation for a TEC group of CEOs to help them focus on the best of their current TEC group, create a greater vision for the future, make design changes needed to help create the vision, and begin to take action.
19. Opportunities Map Design Your Dream Formal Organization Key Relationships Cultural & Conversational Arena Adapted with permission from Adrian McLean & Bernard J. Mohr - Second Annual Appreciative Inquiry Conference
Two groups - high and low performers Lived up to or down to expectations Increased authority Increased effect Assigned randomly
My goals: Introduce AI They have fun – very interactive Get interested in AI Leave with a small plan to effect some change Talk about each step Area of focus – positive – not “improvement” peak experiences, what made them possible the future removing roadblocks plan & improvise
Today’s focus – Create the Best TEC Group Possible
Appreciative Inquiry begins with the selection of some affirmatively stated topic
People then interview each other in pairs for 5 minutes each.
Flip chart the LGFs from the interviews
Flip chart the LGFs from the interviews
Positive Image -> Positive Action John P. Williams Need some notes
Is it grounded ... are there examples that illustrate the ideal as real possibility? Is it stated in affirmative and bold terms?
Right brain - Put some heart and soul into it
Design like water to a fish. Cut the ham in half. Prison flower guard.
Physical layout – Wal-Mart vs. Target Stories – Nordstrom’s CEO – customer returning tires, employee accepted Communication style – in person, email, letter Agenda – just the boss, everyone, who? Posture – LifeStream Adapted from 2nd Annual Appreciative Inquiry Conference presentation by Adrian McLean and Bernard J. Mohr. ... to adapt our organization’s structural, cultural, and linguistic architecture in order to support the viability of our dreams. What new forms of human organizing (roles, measures, processes) will make our dreams inevitable? In what ways might new language and behavior invite others to see/think about the world in ways which embody our dreams? What kind of relationships would most support the flourishing of the human spirit in our organizations Our behavior… Is continuous, living design – we signal what matters and how to do things
Is it grounded ... are there examples that illustrate the ideal as real possibility? Is it stated in affirmative and bold terms?
Plan, Organize, Control – pass around Eastern cube Also improvising