FNS Appreciative Inquiry

This document provides an introduction and overview of Appreciative Inquiry (AI). It discusses how AI takes a strengths-based approach to change by focusing on what is working well rather than problems. The objectives are to showcase AI to participants and allow them to embark on their own AI process focused on facilitation. It outlines the AI process which includes Discover (learning about past successes), Dream (envisioning potential positive futures), Design (developing plans to achieve dreams) and Destiny (sustaining momentum for change). Examples are provided of provocative propositions that inspire change by describing an ideal future state in affirmative terms. The document aims to introduce participants to AI and guide them through an initial AI process focused on facilitation