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Rethinking human organization toward a positive theory of change dl cooperrider, fs peter jr, d whitney, tf yaeger team performance management 6 78, 140140, 2000. Appreciative inquiry principlesask what went well to. This specific style of inquiry involves, the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a systems capacity to apprehend, anti. It can be very challenging to unfreeze staff from the status quo. It explains the evolutionary history of the approach and gives helpful comparisons with traditional problemsolving practices, then outlines the theoretical principles and some case studies. It mobilizes inquiry through crafting an unconditional positive question often involving hundreds or sometimes thousands of people. She coauthored appreciative inquiry in higher education. Pdf appreciative inquiry a positive revolution in change. The following summarizes how appreciative inquiry questions are different. The core task of the discovery phase is to discover and disclose positive capacity, at least until an organizations understanding of this surplus is exhausted which has never happened once in our experience.