Stages of Knowing - Where are you with change?
Modeling an Appreciation-Based Practice
Modeling an Appreciation-Based Practice
Modeling an Appreciation-Based Practice
The five phases of Appreciative Inquiry (AI-5D)—Define, Discover, Dream, Design, and Deliver—provide a framework for identifying and integrating emotional (EQ), relational (RQ), agile (AE-Q), adaptive (AQ), and team cultural (CQ) intelligence into evolving and challenging workforces, workplaces, and workflows.
Malimbeconnect views change as positive, believing it is more likely with an appreciation-based mindset that aligns and sustains both organizational and individual outcomes.
Define
Modeling an Appreciation-Based Practice
Modeling an Appreciation-Based Practice
Identify collective strengths, positive experiences, and key connecting points to guide appreciation-based questioning during change.
Discover
Modeling an Appreciation-Based Practice
Discover
Highlight what strategies ensure a sustainable, impactful approach to employee engagement.
Dream
Delivery
Discover
Envision a productive and human-centered future grounded in the organization's strengths, expertise, and goals.
Design
Delivery
Delivery
Co-create strategies that leverage strengths to enhance engagement and improve organizational effectiveness.
Delivery
Delivery
Delivery
Sustain long-term engagement by including appreciation-based practices in the organization’s culture.
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Application
In challenging times, it’s essential to leverage people skills in technical or system-oriented environments to adapt to unexpected changes in work management, services, and delivery.
Appreciation-Based KNOW-HOW
The integration of work relationships (RQ), emotional (EQ), adaptability (AQ), social (SQ), and cultural intelligence (CQ)—supports positive, challenging change by recognizing strengths, fostering meaningful collaboration, and aligning actions with shared values to drive sustainable outcomes.
Recognizing that human-focused filters—such as expectations, emotions, and principles—shape our connections is essential. These filters foster optimism (O1), enhance options (O2), and uncover opportunities (O3) for continued change and innovation.
Workplace realities are shaped through relational, emotional, conceptual, and conversational snapshots, reflected in images, stories, languages (digital, technical, and informal), habits, and shared perceptions. Everyone possesses one or more of these intelligences, which are essential for functioning effectively in the workplace.
Alignment (Goal):
Ensure actions align with objectives.
Adaptability:
Build habits to stay accountable and connected.
Accountability:
Taking responsibility in ways that strengthen trust, engagement, and collective ownership of positive outcomes.
Agility:
Navigate challenges effectively with flexibility.
Adversity:
Transform conflict into opportunities for innovation.
Action Plans:
Develop strategies and systems to achieve results and positive outcomes.