EXPERIMENTING APPRECIATIVE CONVERSATION IN MANAGEMENT

Appreciative Inquiry is an approach and a method of collective and individual coaching, which was born at the end of the 1980s in the United States and which has been developed in France since the 2000s thanks to the first experiments carried out by the IFAI (French Institute of Appreciative
Inquiry).

Based on a broad base of experimentation fed by scientific research, produced by neuroscience and positive psychology, it renews the traditional approach to management,
based on the principle that team leadership and the management of activities can also be based on what already exists, what works, the successes, strengths and positive energies of the company.

Conduct an appreciative exploration to discover the ingredients of an organization’s success, define a motivating future, make engaging decisions and take action to obtain the desired results
and not to remove a problem, these are the principles that underlie Appreciative Inquiry. These structured and rewarding exchanges create a positive dynamic, which itself generates realistic optimism and lasting commitment to concrete action plans.

Appreciative Inquiry is deployed in fields or sectors of activity as varied as
health, organizations, companies, associations, public service, communities,
education, family, social, ecological transition , etc.

Its concrete applications are numerous: management, innovation, cohesion, cooperation,
project management, recruitment, governance, coaching, mediation, etc.
Appreciative Management is thus built on the basis of scientific work that has demonstrated the
ability of people, teams and organizations to grow, develop and perform, when they rely on what works well, their strengths, their talents and achievements.