Archive for May 2012
Sarah Lewis is a consultant and facilitator who has been working with organisations (public and private) for almost twenty years as the head of Appreciating Change (formerly Jemstone Consultancy). She specialises in using Appreciative Inquiry and other positive psychology techniques to help organisations change to meet new challenges without developing ‘resistance to change’ from their employees. She is highly respected and well known in her field and is the author of two books in this area: ‘Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management’ and ‘Positive Psychology at Work’.
In January of this year Appreciating Change first began offering fellow change practitioners the chance to attend a series of one day masterclasses presented by Sarah on a variety of themes where they can draw on her vast practical experience and knowledge in the field of organisational change.
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Tags: ai, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, masterclasses, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, sarah lewis
Posted in Events |
Sarah Lewis is a consultant and facilitator who has been working with organisations (public and private) for almost twenty years as the head of Appreciating Change (formerly Jemstone Consultancy). She specialises in using Appreciative Inquiry and other positive psychology techniques to help organisations change to meet new challenges without developing ‘resistance to change’ from their employees. She is highly respected and well known in her field and is the author of two books in this area: ‘Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management’ and ‘Positive Psychology at Work’.
In January of this year Appreciating Change first began offering leaders in organisations the chance to attend a series of one day masterclasses presented by Sarah on a variety of themes where they can draw on her vast practical experience and knowledge in the field of organisational change.
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Tags: ai, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, masterclasses, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, sarah lewis
Posted in Events |
At the WAIC I co-presented a symposium with four other people from three other countries: France, Denmark and Holland. We also originally had a sixth partner from Greece, but the economic situation there meant he had to drop out – another story. In preparing for our presentation across time and country borders, I learnt something about the realities of virtual team working!
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Tags: acting appreciatively, ai at work, appreciating change, business psychology, ghent, psychology, sarah lewis, team working, virtual teams, world ai congress, world appreciative inquiry congress
Posted in Team Development |
At the recent WAIC conference I fell into conversation with Stefan Cantore. Stefan is busy thinking about ‘our love affair with problems’ in preparation for writing a chapter for a forthcoming publication (details at end). We had a great discussion about this that stayed with me and caused me further thought.
How do we know when we encounter a problem? While completing a personality profile questionnaire recently I noticed that I have a problem with the word problem. As the questionnaire asked me variations on how I deal with problems, I struggled to answer: the questions just didn’t connect. It would seem that just don’t think in terms of problems and problem-solving: I don’t notice when I encounter them.
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Tags: acting appreciatively, ai at work, appreciating change, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, business psychology, employee engagement, leadership, management, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, problem, problem solving, problems, psychology, sarah lewis
Posted in Appreciative Inquiry |
At a conference attended by over 500 people from 42 nations, with 9 keynotes by names like David Cooperrider, Diane Whitney, Ken Gergen, Gervase Bushe and Ron Fry, and innumerable workshop sessions and poster presentations, my experience of the conference could only ever be partial. Here are some of the best bits for me.
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Tags: acting appreciatively, ai, ai at work, ai world congress, appreciating change, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, appreciative leadership, best bits, business psychology, employee engagement, generativity, ghent, highlights, leadership, management, micro moments, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, psychology, sarah lewis, world ai congress, world appreciative inquiry congress
Posted in Appreciative Inquiry, Leadership |
