Book Review - The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry

[stevejj5210]

I think that is such a shame - on another note if you send me an email , after I return from holidays I can send you an ecopy of my book about collaborative intelligence. have a great summer

SJ

[sweetsweatyfeet]

To be honest, with the emotional scars we bare, I am more interested in justice than "collaborative intelligence" -- or "appreciative inquiry".

[stevejj5210]

OK totally hear you and I have not had the misfortune of meeting these people - I know they probably exist but all the clients I have had in the 3-4 years I have been including AI in my consultative work have bee respectful of the 'spirit' of the system. I agree there is this danger as there is with shaving in the morning, eating uncooked shell fish etc. :-) - I hope you have not had to work with folks like this - though it sounds as if you have. regards SJ

[sweetsweatyfeet]

I work in a large school board and this is exactly in my department. I saw 15 of my colleagues, talented, and devoted (in some cases veterans) have their careers axed out of existence by a diabolical manger. A clever campaign of lies, manipulation and ruthlessness was used to carry this out. Subsequently working conditions and staff morale has never been worse.

A.I. programs were introduced to "stimulate positivism". The real purpose was to suppress feelings of resentment for their dirty deeds.

[sweetsweatyfeet]

A.I. can also be used (unfortunately) with ill intentions. It has become a tool of manipulation and exploitation for SOME organizations. They use it as a method of change psychology to coerce conformity within the ranks and to shame those who would dare disagree.

Also by losing focus of the past, some unscrupulous managements use A.I. to sweep under the carpet their own transgressions, incompetence and unethical behavior. Criticism is frowned upon and A.I. becomes in effect mandatory optimism.