2. Meeting practices that support
professionalism
• Checking in
• Co-creating the agenda
• Co-creating ground rules including how to address
breaches
• Dialogue (listening, valuing difference)
• Appreciative Inquiry
• Measuring group relationships (eg: relational
coordination)
• Reflecting together on group process
• Appreciative debriefing
6. Moving in a Positive Direction
• Placebo Effect
In many cases, placebos are as effective as a drug
• Pygmalion Effect
The teacher's image is the most powerful predictor of performance
• Sports Imagery
Visualization by athletes is often a significant contributor to victory
• Inner Dialogue
Our guiding image is the sum of +/- self-talk; healthy people maintain at least 2:1 ratio
• Rise and Fall of Cultures
Can predict 25 years ahead based upon the stories the culture tells about itself
• Affirmative Capability
The mind doesn't hold "not" so the image stays without the “no”
Peggy Holman, peggy@opencirclecompany.com Steve Cato, scato@worldnet.att.net
7. Appreciative Inquiry
• Involves the art and practice of asking questions that
strengthen a system’s capacity to apprehend,
anticipate, and heighten positive potential.
• Instead of negation, criticism, and spiraling diagnosis,
there is discovery, dream, and design.
David Cooperider, 1999
8. Ap-pre’ci-ate
1. The act of recognizing the best in people or the
world around us; affirming past and present
strengths, successes, and potentials; to perceive
those things that give life (health, vitality,
excellence) to living systems
2. To increase in value
9. In-quire’ (kwir)
1. The act of exploration and discovery
2. To ask questions
3. To be open to seeing new potentials and possibilities
10. Prob·lem (prblm)
1. A question to be considered, solved, or answered
2. A situation, matter, or person that presents
perplexity or difficulty
3. A misgiving, objection, or complaint
4. Difficult to deal with or control
11. Solving
1. The method or process of addressing a problem
2. The answer to or disposition of a problem
3. Payment or satisfaction of a claim or debt
4. The act of separating or breaking up; dissolution
12. Side by Side
Problem Solving
•Identification of problem
•Analysis of causes
•Analysis of possible
solutions
•Action planning (treatment)
•Focuses on the past
•Basic assumption: An
organization is a problem to
be solved
Appreciative Inquiry
•Appreciating and valuing the
best of what is
•Envisioning what might be
•Dialoguing what should be
•Innovating what might be
•Focuses on the future
•Basic Assumption: An
organization is a mystery to
be embraced
13.
14. Typical Results
• Assignment of cause or blame.
• A few convince many of the need for change.
• Lack of shared ownership.
• Change is perceived as a disruption of ‘real work.’
• Quick to return to “what’s wrong” mindset or self-
fulfilling prophecy—”I told you so.”
15.
16. Assumptions
• Something needs to change.
• People and organizations are not broken, rather they are
filled with assets and resources.
• The questions we ask influence the answers we find.
• Answers lie within stories and experiences.
• The type of outcome reached will mirror the type of process
used.
• Working toward something positive is more energizing than
working to overcome something negative.
17. The Power of Three
• Understand- What is working for us?
• Imagine- What can it be like?
• Create- What will it take?
B. Browne, AI Overview, Imagine Chicago
18. Understand: Tell Me About It
• Tell me about a change that went really well.
• Tell me about the most positive aspects of our
organization’s culture.
• Tell me about a time when your team was in sync
and found ‘flow’ together.
• Tell me about a time when the team collaborated
well in order to make a meaningful improvement.
19. Imagine: A Brighter Future
• One year from now, the New York Times has published
an article about what we have accomplished.
– What accomplishments does the article highlight?
– What is the impact of our accomplishments?
– Who is quoted in the article and what exactly are they
saying?
You go to sleep tonight and wake up one year from
today and the organization’s culture is exactly as
you imagined it could be.
– What exactly is happening?
– How are people interacting?
– What are we accomplishing?
20. Create: What’s Possible
• What was the part of the story that you want to replicate?
• What is one key action we can take?
• Identify successes.
• Give it time.
• For every criticism or barrier, identify three benefits or
successes.
• Commit to a time frame and stick with it.
• Develop a strategy to stay motivated.
21. Stories We Tell
• Stories have long been our primary mode of
communication.
• Stories create connection through common
ground.
• Stories provide order to the way we think.
• Stories trigger genuine emotion and empathy.
• Stories engage our right brain, which triggers
imagination and change.
PB Rutledge, The Psychological Power of Storytelling
22. Words Create Worlds
– The questions we ask are fateful.
– They determine what we find.
– They create the world as we know it.
23. Your Story
• Identify a problem or challenge your team is striving
to overcome.
• Use the three elements of Appreciative Inquiry to
structure questions.
– Understand
– Imagine
– Create
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27. Shared goals
Shared knowledge
Mutual respect
Frequent communication
Timely communication
Accurate communication
Problem-solving
communication
Relational Coordination
28. Effects of relational coordination on flight departure
performance
Nine site study of flight departures over 12 months of operation at
Southwest, American, Continental and United
Measured relational coordination
among pilots, flight attendants, gate
agents, ticket agents, baggage agents,
ramp agents, freight agents,
mechanics, cabin cleaners, fuelers,
caterers and operations agents
Measured quality and efficiency
performance, adjusting for product
differences
32. Same study conducted in
hospital setting
Nine hospital study of 893 surgical
patients
Measured relational coordination
among doctors, nurses, physical
therapists, social workers and case
managers
Measured quality and efficiency
performance, adjusting for patient
differences
33. Relational coordination and surgical performance
Length
of stay
Patient
satisfactio
n
Freedom
from pain
Mobility
Relational
coordination
-.33*** .26*** .08* .06+
Patient age .02 .00 .01 .04
Comorbiditi
es
.09* .07 .01 .04
Pre-op
status
.03 .01 .20*** .28***
Surgical
volume
.11** .10* .06+ .03
R Squared .82 .63 .50 .22
Observations are patients (n=878) in hospitals (n=9). Model also included gender, marital status,
psychological well-being and race. Standardized coefficients are shown.
35. Relational coordination also
improves worker outcomes
Reduces emotional exhaustion
Increases professional efficacy
Increases job satisfaction
Increases career satisfaction
36. Bibliography
Relationship-centered administration
Suchman A, Sluyter D, Williamson P. Leading
Change in Healthcare. London: Radcliffe, 2011
Annotated bibliography available at
http://www.rchcweb.com
Appreciative inquiry
Watkins JM, Mohr BJ. Appreciative inquiry:
Change at the speed of imagination. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer; 2001
Relational Coordination
Gittell JH. High Performance Healthcare. New
York: McGraw Hill; 2009
Relational Coordination Research Collaborative
http://rcrc.brandeis.edu
Editor's Notes
Cooperrider ’ s original research looked across a variety of fields to uncover examples where the appreciative had already proven itself. He found it everywhere. Define placebo Tell pygmalion story Interviews with world-class athletes uncovered consistent use of running their race and crossing the finish line first or doing their routine perfectly as preparation Researcher [NOTE: confirm name] Mays found How I interpret something becomes my reality; that our guiding image of the future inherent in our inner dialogue; its the sum total of our +/- dialogue unhealthy 1:1 +/- self-talk; healthy requires 2:1 +/- self-talk [NOTE: find first name] Guttman research on long-term marriages: 5:1 +/- talk [NOTE: find first name] Pollack research: can predict 25 years ahead Culture is the stories we tell about ourselves Rising cultures: come together as a whole (large group forums) belief they can positively influence the future honor artistic, spiritual, creative qualities of life What's the guiding image of the future of the organization/community? Listen to the inner dialogue in the hallway conversations Carl Jung concluded that most problems are rarely solved, rather they are outgrown or something more intriguing is focused on. The human brain does not register or hear the word "not". Rather, to alter human behavior, it is more effective to positively tell the person what is expected instead of telling him or her what is not wanted. Returning to appreciative inquiry, as the individual and organization reveal "what works" within the organization, it is shifting the focus away from problem solving and things employees are not to do and towards positive examples of what is successful within the organization.
08/12/13 Copyright 2005 Brainy Betty, Inc. Traditional problem solving
08/12/13 Copyright 2005 Brainy Betty, Inc. Appreciative solution
Stories are authentic human experiences. Stories leap frog the technology and bring us to the core of experience, as any good storyteller (transmedia or otherwise) knows. There are several psychological reasons why stories are so powerful. Stories have always been a primal form of communication. They are timeless links to ancient traditions, legends, archetypes, myths, and symbols. They connect us to a larger self and universal truths. Stories are about collaboration and connection. They transcend generations, they engage us through emotions, and they connect us to others. Through stories we share passions, sadness, hardships and joys. We share meaning and purpose. Stories are the common ground that allows people to communicate, overcoming our defenses and our differences. Stories allow us to understand ourselves better and to find our commonality with others. Stories are how we think. They are how we make meaning of life. Call them schemas, scripts, cognitive maps, mental models, metaphors, or narratives. Stories are how we explain how things work, how we make decisions, how we justify our decisions, how we persuade others, how we understand our place in the world, create our identities, and define and teach social values. Stories provide order. Humans seek certainty and narrative structure is familiar, predictable, and comforting. Within the context of the story arc we can withstand intense emotions because we know that resolution follows the conflict. We can experience with a safety net. Stories are how we are wired. Stores take place in the imagination. To the human brain, imagined experiences are processed the same as real experiences. Stories create genuine emotions, presence (the sense of being somewhere), and behavioral responses. Stories are the pathway to engaging our right brain and triggering our imagination. By engaging our imagination, we become participants in the narrative. We can step out of our own shoes, see differently, and increase our empathy for others. Through imagination, we tap into creativity that is the foundation of innovation, self-discovery and change.