Today's post is a story about a recent consulting engagement that reminded me of the power of appreciative inquiry.  Appreciative Inquiry is a consulting methodology or philosophy which states that powerful change can arise from a focus on what is already working well in organizations.
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An image consultant offers advice to Chris Brown:"Come up with a soulful song about what happened," said Davia Temin, CEO of Temin and Co. "I would use my fame to say, 'Look we are all human and make terrible mistakes.'"Mistakes? This is a mistake: "I miscalculated the tip on my order, and left 25 p...

Holy Guacamole!!  And people call me Johnny Sunshine ;-)  Did you hear (or read) what Credit Suisse beverage analyst Carlos Laboy said at Harry’s Beer Business Daily Beer Industry Summit.  I’ve got a real job so I couldn’t attend… sorry Harry, I enjoy drinking on your...

“Goodbye, My Friend” March 5th, 2009 Holy flashback, Harry Henderson. There’s a whole lot of familiarity in “Goodbye, My Friend,” an episode that cribs quite liberally from last season’s “Succession” and this season’s premiere, and it’s not...

Should your company blog? - Yes, all companies should blog. No, your company might not be right for a blog because you want to moderate every comment, or because you don’t really have a goal for the blog, or because your customers just want to eat the hamburgers, not read about what you think....

"Once this agreement is made,  (Step 1) the defendant funds a stream of payments to the plaintiff, according to specific needs. In most cases,  (Step 2) the defendant then transfers the responsibility to a "qualified assignment," which (Step 3) funds the damage payments with an annuity".  FAQ onÂ...

Los Angeles Times: Larry Levine is hard at work in a sketchy apartment complex in Canoga Park, a noisy and joyless place with an enclosed courtyard that resembles a prison cellblock. Upstairs in the back, behind a blanket blocking the light of day, Levine paces his cramped one-bedroom. Stacks of law...

I’ve had a fair amount of travel in the last 2 months, but really only one public speaking event of note. Starting now, things get crazy. First up, IndyHall Town Hall. From the IndyHall website: We’ve come a really long way in just a year and a half. We’ve connected with so many new people...

Last night I was at National Mechanics for the PANMA spring social, and fashionably late as usual. That didn’t keep me from staying late and having some great discussions. One of them was with Aaron “Shaggy” Hoffer-Perkins. Shaggy (best nickname ever. jinkies.) is a partner in a ne...

Patrick Hindert's pedantic demagoguery of the day focuses on a new concept which he labels 468B QSF settlement consulting. The concept ostensibly involves the standard use of a 468B QSF trust fund that in many cases adds needless extra cost to a settlement transaction. As a settlement consultant who...