My thought is that they both set the conditions for self-organization. Our field has not transitioned to fully understanding the power and potential of self-organization and is just getting glimpses of how to influence/leverage it.
David *David R. Osborne* Organization and Leadership Development 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 1120, Falls Church, VA 22042 703-939-1777 | dosbo...@change-fusion.com | change-fusion.com On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 8:13 AM Jake Yeager via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > First, thank you all for entertaining my questions! I really appreciate > your responses: they help me learn a great deal and to recognize the--often > erroneous!--assumptions I am making. > > That said, I have another question! :) What do you find to be the > relationship between Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and OST? > > I am studying AI as part of my OD training at work, and it doesn't sit > 100% with me like Open Space does. I think it's because I feel it is > manipulative, that is, it uses generative questions to guide participants' > trajectory as opposed to letting the participants themselves choose their > trajectory. However, AI appears to be very effective, so I wonder if my > resistance is due to some unconscious bias I have. > > Would love to hear your thoughts. > > Thanks! > > Much love, > Jake > ________________ > > When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and > you will be free of problems. > - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/> > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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