Lessons From the Field: Applying Appreciative Inquiry (Revised Edition)

The Leadership &Organization Development Journal, 1999.
This book is singular in presenting an extensive view of AI theory and practice.


Independent Publisher Magazine, 1999
Finalist, 1999 Independent Publisher Book Awards


The Leadership & Organizational Development Journal, 1999, Volume 20(2).
This book is singular in presenting an extensive view of AI...and offers a significant contribution. David Coghlan, University of Dublin


Lisa A. Spitzer, back cover
The beauty of Lessons from the Field is that the case studies transport the reader into "real" experiences.


Geoff Bellman, back cover
This book is a small treasure chest of Appreciative Inquiry gems. Read and Learn!


James R. Powers, Managing Director, Organizational Performance and Employee Development for American Airlines
This book is a small treasure chest of Appreciative Inquiry gems, applications that have the appreciative thread running through them. A book for those drawn to AI concepts and need the grounding in application, these cases demonstrate how AI has moved beyond aspiration and into reality. All of us rooted in practice while aspiring to create more human organizations can celebrate the arrival of this book. Read and learn! Geoff Bellman, Consultant and Author of The Consultant's Calling. Such engrossing stories of exploration and change! A great reinforcement collection for those of us at the Appreciative Inquiry entrance. Sue and Cathy help greatly to institutionalize the rationale, approach and practice of this powerful orientation to positive development and change. Buy this book!


Book Description
This is the Appreciative Inquiry Fieldbook, full of case studies by working practitioners. The authors generously share rich details of how they approached the Appreciative Inquiry and how it worked. Sections include case studies, community application cases, application of theory, theory and resource. 23 authors contributed including an introduction by David Cooperrider.


From the Publisher
This is the second edition of this highly regarded book. Out of print for a few years, we reprinted the book and found that the case studies were still fresh and useful for all levels of practitioners. The cases are easy to read and have a great deal of detail. This is a must have for anyone interested in the art of Appreciative Inquiry.


From the Inside Flap
Appreciative Inquiry begins an adventure. The urge and call to adventure has been sounded by many people and organizations, and it will take many more to fully explore the vast vistas that are now appearing on the horizon. But even in the first steps, what is being sensed is decisive new direction in our language and theories of organzation transformation - an invitation as some have declared to a "positive revolution in change." More than just a "fieldbook," this volume is aiming at something higher. Its meta-message is about building learning community, and the need to dramatically reduce the time lag between innovations in the field and our free and open sharing with each other as creators, colleagues, co-theorists and co-conspirators. David Cooperrider, 1998


About the Author
Sue Annis Hammond is the author of The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry. Dr. Cathy Royal is an Appreciative Inquiry scholar and practitioner. Both have extensive experience with all aspects of Appreciative Inquiry.


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This is the first book written by practitioners for practioners with case studies of Appreciative Inquiry. The authors contribute rich detail on how they used Appreciative Inquiry to meet their client needs, and share what they learned. Written in a simple style, with lots of examples, this is the book you've been waiting for.


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