"Organization development is a system-wide and values-based collaborative process of applying behavioral science knowledge to the adaptive development, improvement, and reinforcement of such organizational features as the strategies, structures, processes, people, and cultures that lead to organization effectiveness." - from the book Appreciative Inquiry - Watkins and Mohr 2001
What is AI?
"Appreciative Inquiry is based on a reverence for life and is essentially biocentric in character. It is an inquiry process that tries to apprehend the factors that give life to a living system and seeks to articulate those possibilities that can lead to a better future. More than a method or technique, the appreciative mode of inquiry is a means of living with, being with, and directly participating in the life of human systems in a way that compels one to inquire into the deeper life-generating essentials and potentials of organizational existence." David Cooperrider
What is a hybrid approach?
A hybrid approach utilizes more traditional methods combined with AI methodologies. This is the approach of choice. You consider organization problems or difficulties while also bringing to the surface the positive life-giving forces. Most employees or persons within the organization can identify with recognizing both strengths and weaknesses while formulating strategies for improvement.
