Episodes

  • Affirmative Topics the Easy Way: Positive Change Methods Podcast Episode 13

    Affirmative Topics the Easy Way: Positive Change Methods Podcast Episode 13
    May 20 2025
    In this week's episode, a checklist for a well-defined affirmative topic, plus the easy way to flip problem statements to affirmative topics
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    10 mins
  • The Definition Stage: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 12

    The Definition Stage: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 12
    May 13 2025
    What you need at the start of an Appreciative Inquiry project, and why you need to flip problem statements into affirmative topics
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    6 mins
  • The 5-D Format: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 11

    The 5-D Format: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 11
    May 6 2025
    A quick overview of the most-used format for structuring an Appreciative Inquiry process, the 5-D Format. Plus, why it's so great!
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    9 mins
  • The Free Choice Principle: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 10

    The Free Choice Principle: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 10
    Apr 28 2025
    Appreciative Inquiry's Free Choice Principle: why organisations thrive when people are treated as volunteers
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    5 mins
  • The Enactment Principle: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 9

    The Enactment Principle: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 9
    Apr 21 2025
    How Appreciative Inquiry’s ‘Enactment Principle’ is vital for successful change + why it's not the same as ‘Fake it till you make it’
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    5 mins
  • The Wholeness Principle: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 8

    The Wholeness Principle: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 8
    Apr 15 2025
    Appreciative Inquiry's 'Wholeness Principle' - the easy way to engage people, get past 'groupthink', and make decisions more robust
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    9 mins
  • ‘The Inquiry Is the Intervention’: The Simultaneity Principle – Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 7

    ‘The Inquiry Is the Intervention’: The Simultaneity Principle – Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 7
    Apr 9 2025
    Appreciative Inquiry's 'Simultaneity Prinicple' - a radically different way of thinking about change and how quickly it can happen!
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    9 mins
  • ‘Positive Questions Lead to Positive Change’: the Positive Principle – Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 6

    ‘Positive Questions Lead to Positive Change’: the Positive Principle – Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 6
    Apr 3 2025
    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
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    6 mins