Appreciative Inquiry - A Positive Approach to Building Cooperative Capacity

"Barrett and Fry have written an enlightening (and important) book about an important topic. As they have outlined in this book, we have used this model at the EPA - two major summits, dozens of retreats, planning efforts, and streamlining efforts.
Our research and development community has been able to create breakthroughs in collaboration. If managers and executives take this book seriously, I think they will be surprised by the discoveries, the creative outcomes, the hope it will generate for future generations."
Mary McCarthy-O'Reilly
Organizational Development Manager
Office of Research and Development (ORD)
US Environmental Protection Agency


"In today's business environment, there is a risk of the negative experience overtaking our judgment. Those organizations that fall to the temptation are rarely capable of igniting any lasting impact. Inviting the whole system to participate and build on our strengths and positive successes stands a high chance of pushing the organization into the realm of greatness.
The Appreciative Inquiry approach described here by Barrett and Fry is one of the most powerful approaches I have found that can build a shared organizational strategy and capacity for effective change. "
Lars Gustavsson
World Vision International,
Vice President Humanitarian - Emergency Affairs


"This book by Barrett and Fry is an excellent introduction to Appreciative Inquiry. The Appreciative Inquiry Process that Barrett and Fry facilitated was the spring-board for successfully launching the Navy's Information Professional Community."
Vice Admiral Richard Mayo, US Navy (ret)