WCPP
I am an unabashed David Cooperrider fan. I was first exposed to Appreciative Inquiry several years ago and loved it at first sight – how uplifting! how positive! And why wouldn’t you consider what works within an organization as well as looking for areas to improve? It just made a lot of sense to me. […]
Read MoreI seem to be managing to update this blog every two days or so. So be it! That allows me time to process the conference over time, which I know is working for me. I hope it’s working for my readers as well. Comments always welcome and appreciated! The plenary on Saturday June 20 was […]
Read MoreMichael Frese, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany Frese said that he would post his slides at www.frese.org – I have not checked intensively to see if they have been posted. Frese talked about the benefits of an active approach (vs. reactive approach), that active behaviour requires personal initiative which is: · self-starting – different […]
Read MoreThis symposium was presented on Friday morning by an esteemed panel including Dmitry Leontiev, Michael F. Steger, Evgeny Osin and Antonia Della Fave. Each speaker presented for about 15 minutes, which is only enough to barely scratch the surface of their thoughts and philosophies, but here is what I gleaned… Michael Steger talked about “meaning” […]
Read MoreNow that I am home from the conference and have a bit more time (although my head is still spinning from all the information and people!!!), I am going to slowly, over the next few days, fill in some of the gaps. I tried, during the conference, to keep on top of the great speakers, […]
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