Who gets tired after lunch??????????

[perns2002]

Originally posted by jp18

Cliff notes please...First explain what appreciative inquiry means?

basically, being really basic here. . Positive thinking, the better path.

Ap-pre’ci-ate, v., 1. valuing; 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, e.g. the economy has appreciated in value. Synonyms: VALUING, PRIZING, ESTEEMING, and HONORING.

In-quire’ (kwir), v., 1. the act of exploration and discovery. 2. To ask questions; to be open to seeing new potentials and possibilities. Synonyms: DISCOVERY, SEARCH, and SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION, STUDY.

Appreciative Inquiry is about the coevolutionary search for the best in people, their organizations, and the relevant world around them. In its broadest focus, it involves systematic discovery of what gives “life” to a living system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in economic, ecological, and human terms. AI involves, in a central way, the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a system’s capacity to apprehend, anticipate, and heighten positive potential. It centrally involves the mobilization of inquiry through the crafting of the “unconditional positive question” often-involving hundreds or sometimes thousands of people. In AI the arduous task of intervention gives way to the speed of imagination and innovation; instead of negation, criticism, and spiraling diagnosis, there is discovery, dream, and design. AI seeks, fundamentally, to build a constructive union between a whole people and the massive entirety of what people talk about as past and present capacities: achievements, assets, unexplored potentials, innovations, strengths, elevated thoughts, opportunities, benchmarks, high point moments, lived values, traditions, strategic competencies, stories, expressions of wisdom, insights into the deeper corporate spirit or soul-- and visions of valued and possible futures. Taking all of these together as a gestalt, AI deliberately, in everything it does, seeks to work from accounts of this “positive change core”—and it assumes that every living system has many untapped and rich and inspiring accounts of the positive. Link the energy of this core directly to any change agenda and changes never thought possible are suddenly and democratically mobilized.

TAKE A CLASS with your whole dept. IT"S WONDERFUL.

[jp18]

Originally posted by perns2002

basically, being really basic here. . Positive thinking, the better path.

Ap-pre’ci-ate, v., 1. valuing; 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, e.g. the economy has appreciated in value. Synonyms: VALUING, PRIZING, ESTEEMING, and HONORING.

In-quire’ (kwir), v., 1. the act of exploration and discovery. 2. To ask questions; to be open to seeing new potentials and possibilities. Synonyms: DISCOVERY, SEARCH, and SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION, STUDY.

Appreciative Inquiry is about the coevolutionary search for the best in people, their organizations, and the relevant world around them. In its broadest focus, it involves systematic discovery of what gives “life” to a living system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in economic, ecological, and human terms. AI involves, in a central way, the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a system’s capacity to apprehend, anticipate, and heighten positive potential. It centrally involves the mobilization of inquiry through the crafting of the “unconditional positive question” often-involving hundreds or sometimes thousands of people. In AI the arduous task of intervention gives way to the speed of imagination and innovation; instead of negation, criticism, and spiraling diagnosis, there is discovery, dream, and design. AI seeks, fundamentally, to build a constructive union between a whole people and the massive entirety of what people talk about as past and present capacities: achievements, assets, unexplored potentials, innovations, strengths, elevated thoughts, opportunities, benchmarks, high point moments, lived values, traditions, strategic competencies, stories, expressions of wisdom, insights into the deeper corporate spirit or soul-- and visions of valued and possible futures. Taking all of these together as a gestalt, AI deliberately, in everything it does, seeks to work from accounts of this “positive change core”—and it assumes that every living system has many untapped and rich and inspiring accounts of the positive. Link the energy of this core directly to any change agenda and changes never thought possible are suddenly and democratically mobilized.

TAKE A CLASS with your whole dept. IT"S WONDERFUL.

You call that cliffnotes?? WTF! Im sticking with dropping monitors on their heads.

[Guest bonsolidd]

Originally posted by mystify82281

lol I'm trying to lose the Holiday Weight

oh I hear That!

but then the next holiday will be here....someone will be buying you chocolates!

[doubleplay1970]

we had a class like trhat at work. all this positive thinking. Its pretty much they are positive in 5 yrs they are shutting down lol

[perns2002]

Originally posted by jp18

You call that cliffnotes?? WTF! Im sticking with dropping monitors on their heads.

Ahh print and read it, you may learn something..............

We took it as a whole dept. It is a series of classes today was the first one. Very Interesting.

[incredulous]

Originally posted by mrbadabing

Is that true about whey protein. I'm on Nitro Tech now and during the week I will sleep like 8 or 9 hours and I'm still tired when I'm at work.

maybe, but nitro tech is not the only protein that you are taking in

ps nitro is good shit(they have a new suppliment called NO2 which is also good) if you want more of the nitrogen in you

[Mystify]

Originally posted by perns2002

TAKE A CLASS with your whole dept. IT"S WONDERFUL.

The company I interned at over the summer also made us take classes / LDI's (learning development initiatives) - They were the WORST...like 3-4 hours on topics like....

Building your associates (lol I didn't have any, so pointless for me)

Encouraging team work

Making it Personal

etc

SO INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL

[stiffler]

Okay.........I am finally going to take a nap...........alone:(