My colleagues and I at AI Consulting are running Appreciative Inquiry training courses in London, Oxford and Manchester starting this autumn. If you are interested in training as an Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator, so that you can use the AI approach at any level from whole-organisation interventions to one-to-one coaching, visit the Appreciative Inquiry open courses page for more details.
It's been a busy couple of months. First, I've become a director of a small Appreciative Inquiry consultancy, AI Consulting, joining the diverse and talented team of Kate McAllister (local government turnround specialist), Paul Nicholson (ace business psychologist), and Dr Tim Luckcock (philosophy and education specialist and Enneagram guru). It's great to have bright, experienced people to bounce ideas off, and together we can make things happen that we couldn't have achieved individually.
I have also become a trustee of a charity, Dreamcatchers, which aims to provide children and young people with opportunities to actively participate in the building and maintaining of a better society. Its director, Andy Jackson, has consistently impressed me with his dynamism and ability to find practical uses for everything he learns.
Plus, all of a sudden, I seem to be in demand for corporate training as never before! This is giving me the kick I needed to develop new ideas and rekindle my enthusiasm for all kinds of learning. Watch this space!
"A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey"
- traditional Sufi quote which I came across in Andrew Austin's excellent book "The Rainbow Machine: Tales From A Neuro-Linguist's Journal", certainly the best NLP book of the last five years or so and one which should be required reading for therapists, counsellors and particularly mental health professionals. Review to follow!
Image from the Portland Mercury for some reason
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