Positive Change Methods

Positive Change Methods

A podcast about Appreciative Inquiry and related approaches to change, with Andy Smith. Practical tips in each episode!

Episodes

June 21, 2025 6 mins
There are various formats for appreciative interviews in the Appreciative Inquiry textbooks - this one works nicely for business. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm17
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Appreciative interviews - what they are, why we do them, and what you need to know to make them work. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm16
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What should you do BEFORE you plan any change? Discover what's already working! Find out how to conduct Appreciative Inquiry's Discovery stage. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm15
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The 'Problem to Possibility Exercise' - how to get a problem-focused team to move on to desired solutions and accept an appreciative approach. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm14
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In this week's episode, a checklist for a well-defined affirmative topic, plus the easy way to flip problem statements to affirmative topics
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What you need at the start of an Appreciative Inquiry project, and why you need to flip problem statements into affirmative topics
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A quick overview of the most-used format for structuring an Appreciative Inquiry process, the 5-D Format. Plus, why it's so great!
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Appreciative Inquiry's Free Choice Principle: why organisations thrive when people are treated as volunteers
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How Appreciative Inquiry’s ‘Enactment Principle’ is vital for successful change + why it's not the same as ‘Fake it till you make it’
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Appreciative Inquiry's 'Wholeness Principle' - the easy way to engage people, get past 'groupthink', and make decisions more robust
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Appreciative Inquiry's 'Simultaneity Prinicple' - a radically different way of thinking about change and how quickly it can happen!
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Appreciative Inquiry's 'Positive Principle' - the 'Paradox of Change', why most large-scale change initiatives fail, how positive emotions improve decision-making and productivity, and practical steps you can take to put the Positive Principle into action and improve your work (and life) right now
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The Poetic Principle of Appreciative Inquiry - explained in simple terms, with real-world examples and useful suggested questions
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The Anticipatory Principle in Appreciative Inquiry – how our positive images of the future can guide our actions in the present day
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Appreciative Inquiry's Constructionist Principle and what it means for you in practice - and why change can happen much faster than we expect
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How discoveries in neuroscience support Appreciative Inquiry and related approaches. Plus: two brain networks, and the brain's negative bias!
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A quick introduction to Appreciative Inquiry - what it is, what it isn't, where it came from, and why it's worth looking for the best
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A New Podcast About Appreciative Inquiry, Solution Focused Practice, Positive Psychology and More! How do you help your workforce stay creative and engaged? How can you be a positive leader - without falling into the toxic positivity trap? What do you do with problems that keep coming back every time you try to solve them? Announcing a new podcast that helps you make your life and work better by focusing on what’s working, an...
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