Appreciative Inquiry Positive Core and
Principles
Steve Loraine
The Open Channel
The Positive Core
Examples of what might
AI is based on the
be in a positive core
idea that ALL
are:
organisations,
 Knowledge
services and
 Skills
communities have  Values
a POSITIVE CORE  Team work

Creativity
The 8 Principles of A I

Constructionist

Words create worlds

Simultaneity

Inquiry creates
change

Poetic

We choose what to
study

Anticipatory

Image inspires action
The 8 Principles of A I

Positive


Wholeness


Enactment

Free Choice


Positive questions lead
to positive change
Wholeness brings out
the best
Acting “As if” is selffulfilling
Free choice liberates
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