17 Sep 2026 · 10 min
What happens in the Design Stage of Appreciative Inquiry - especially when working with a team? That's what this episode of the Positive Change Methods podcast with Andy Smith is all about
E29 · 15 Jul 2026 · 12 min
Provocative Propositions: what they are, what makes a good one, and how to use them with teams and with larger-scale organisational change
E28 · 22 May 2026 · 31 min
This episode is full of practical tips to build psychological safety in your team, even across digital divides - interview with bestselling author and leadership consultant Jenny Ainsworth. Transcript and show notes at https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm28
E27 · 5 May 2026 · 9 min
How to facilitate the Dream stage when you're conducting an Appreciative Inquiry workshop with a team (Appreciative Team Development), with some tips on scaling up for larger groups - plus ideas for what to do if unexpected situations crop up
29 Apr 2026 · 5 min
Practical Appreciative Inquiry podcast: How to frame the Dream stage of Appreciative Inquiry so that participants understand it
E25 · 27 Sep 2025 · 13 min
Appreciative Inquiry talks a lot about generative questions - but what are they? What do they do? And how to ask them successfully? Find out in this episode!
E24 · 10 Sep 2025 · 46 min
Exploring the transformative world of Appreciative Inquiry with Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres, authors of 'Conversations Worth Having'. Learn how to ask generative questions and frame conversations positively to foster collaboration and growth in your personal and professional life. Plus, the importance of curiosity, and how to avoid toxic positivity! Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm24
E23 · 14 Aug 2025 · 28 min
Interview with Wendy Burton, who's been using Appreciative Inquiry in the NHS in conjunction with Lean and Design Thinking to help improve processes and turn around struggling teams. Lots of useful tips and insights applicable beyond coaching in healthcare! Shownotes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm23 (includes transcript)
E22 · 7 Aug 2025 · 7 min
When you're creating a vision of the ideal future with a team, or even a whole organisation, wouldn't it be great if they could get free of the constraints of past problems and limits? That's what the Dream stage of Appreciative Inquiry's 5-D format is designed to do. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm22
E21 · 23 Jul 2025 · 5 min
Many business processes, essential as they are, don’t in themselves make the heart beat faster. How can we use Appreciative Inquiry to stimulate generative thinking about topics that are hard to engage with emotionally? Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm21
E20 · 17 Jul 2025 · 6 min
How do you conduct appreciative interviews with people who are feeling negative, or who are going through a tough time? This episode has some tips for doing the interviews sensitively, and for handling ‘negativity’ or cynicism from the interviewee. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm20
E19 · 7 Jul 2025 · 8 min
So your group have done their appreciative interviews with each other - now, how do they identify the themes emerging from them? This episode is a deep dive the into practicalities of facilitating an Appreciative Inquiry process, starting with a small-group appreciative team development session and including tips for scaling up to larger groups. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm19
E18 · 1 Jul 2025 · 6 min
Appreciative interviews are a great way to find what's working so you can do more of it. Here are three ways you can use them Get the show notes at https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm18
E17 · 21 Jun 2025 · 6 min
There are various formats for appreciative interviews in the Appreciative Inquiry textbooks - this one works nicely for business. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm17
E16 · 16 Jun 2025 · 11 min
Appreciative interviews are the heart of Appreciative Inquiry's Discovery stage. This episode covers what they are, why we do them, and what you need to know to be a successful appreciative interviewer. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm16
E15 · 5 Jun 2025 · 5 min
What should you do BEFORE you plan any change? Discover what's already working! Find out how to conduct Appreciative Inquiry's Discovery stage, and discover: - What can so easily go wrong with conventional 'deficit-focused' change methods. - Why your vision of the future is stronger if you first look at what's worked in the past. - How to make it easier to believe the future vision can happen. - How you can strengthen working relationships and make your team more effective at the same time as finding out what's working. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm15
E14 · 28 May 2025 · 6 min
The 'Problem to Possibility Exercise' - how to get a problem-focused team to move on to desired solutions and accept an appreciative approach. Show notes at https://coachingleaders.co.uk/positive-change-methods-podcast-14-problem-to-possibility
E13 · 20 May 2025 · 10 min
In this week's episode, a checklist for a well-defined affirmative topic, plus the easy way to flip problem statements to affirmative topics
E12 · 13 May 2025 · 6 min
What you need at the start of an Appreciative Inquiry project, and why you need to flip problem statements into affirmative topics
E11 · 6 May 2025 · 9 min
A quick overview of the most-used format for structuring an Appreciative Inquiry process, the 5-D Format. Plus, why it's so great!
E10 · 28 Apr 2025 · 5 min
The best way to get people to contribute and get involved because they want to, rather than because they’re told to
E9 · 21 Apr 2025 · 5 min
How Appreciative Inquiry’s ‘Enactment Principle’ is vital for successful change + why it's not the same as ‘Fake it till you make it’
E8 · 15 Apr 2025 · 9 min
Appreciative Inquiry's 'Wholeness Principle' - the easy way to engage people, get past 'groupthink', and make decisions more robust
E7 · 9 Apr 2025 · 9 min
What the 'Simultaneity Principle' of Appreciative Inquiry means in practice. Plus why the old way of thinking about organisational change very often doesn’t work, why effective questions aren’t just about the answers you get, and why change starts happening as soon as you start asking questions
E6 · 3 Apr 2025 · 6 min
Appreciative Inquiry's 'Positive Principle' - the 'Paradox of Change', why most large-scale change initiatives fail, how positive emotions improve decision-making and productivity, and practical steps you can take to put the Positive Principle into action and improve your work (and life) right now
E5 · 27 Mar 2025 · 6 min
The Poetic Principle of Appreciative Inquiry - explained in simple terms, with real-world examples and useful suggested questions
E4 · 19 Mar 2025 · 6 min
The Anticipatory Principle in Appreciative Inquiry – how our positive images of the future can guide our actions in the present day
E3 · 19 Mar 2025 · 8 min
In this episode, we start looking at the basic principles of Appreciative Inquiry, starting with the Constructionist Principle. This won’t be just a theoretical discussion – we’ll be looking at practical implications for your life and work too, including: Why we think we’re experiencing objective reality, but actually we’re not; What cryptocurrency and financial crashes tell us about the social construction of reality; And how the Constructionist Principle means that change can happen much faster than we expect.
E2 · 19 Mar 2025 · 12 min
In this episode we find out about discoveries in neuroscience that support positive change methods, about the brain's built-in negative bias, and why we need to address it
E1 · 18 Mar 2025 · 8 min
In this first episode of the Positive Change Methods podcast, we’ll answer the following questions: What is Appreciative Inquiry? Where did it come from ? Why look for the best, rather than just sticking with conventional problem solving? Plus, what Appreciative Inquiry definitely is not!
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