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Stories That Matter
Leadership Cincinnati USA Explores Appreciative Inquiry for Connecting the System, Creating Change I believe in my heart . . . that businesses need to accept their community's sustainable improvement as their business model: GBBN president Greg Otis
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) thought leader David Cooperrider says he's come to the conclusion that desired change will never happen by solving yesterday's problems, but only by assembling "a new combination of strengths and then creating fresh designs that establish the new and eclipse the old." Read More
Strengths Summit Taking Shape in Cincinnati 'Democratic' design meeting convenes David Cooperrider, Peter Senge, community members
 With the overarching vision of sparking the City of Cincinnati's transformation through a whole-system, Appreciative Inquiry (AI) process, a team of the "most improbable" set of people is slated to convene June 24-25 to design a strengths summit. Read More
Hamilton Community Foundation Commits $5 Million for Local Investment 'We want to fill the space that the private capital markets are not filling in our community,' says CEO
The Hamilton Community Foundation (HCF) is leveraging $5 million of its capital to invest in projects and businesses serving its local community.
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What We're Thinking
Something's Up In Cincinnati
Strengths movement taking shape as community members plan whole-system strengths summit
There is something very exciting taking shape in Cincinnati, Ohio. Something anyone interested in the strengths movement will want to watch.
Cincinnati has some pretty awful stats. Homicides are triple the national average. People are leaving the city. Death related to diabetes is double the national rate.
Dr. Victor Garcia can't see the point of continuing to do the same things, working on problems with linear approaches, beginning with deficits rather than strengths, fixing broken things rather than living into dreams. A committed Cincinnati citizen, he is doing what he can to convene a whole-system Appreciative Inquiry to mobilize the city towards its aspirations. He sees the city "building on strengths no matter what the statistics."
Beautiful.
David Cooperrider, a founder of the strengths-based practice of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), will be involved in designing a system-wide summit to draw out the city's dreams and strengths and catalyze their realization. That summit will involve as many as 1,000 people working in the systemic, organizational, and individual spheres of the system.
Greg Otis, one of Victor's brothers-in-arms and president of GBBN, an architectural firm in Cincinnati, believes the strengths summit and approach can reach across silos and boundaries and create interplay between areas like public safety, health, education, and transportation.
Greg has been busy reaching out to organizations in the city and inviting them to be involved. As the summit approaches there is the chance that a very exciting story about a whole-system, democratic, and strength-based movement will emerge. Read More |
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Stories At Work
Reading Story Aloud Results in News Program Engagement Care worker states benefits of BACI Blast, reading stories to people
When John Dunlop, an adult care worker at the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI), recently read a news story about a kitchen program to a group of its participants, something amazing happened - people immediately wanted to share their positive experiences with the BACI Blast. Read More Supplier's Phone 'Ringing Off the Hook' After Story Published News program helping create connections for supplier
Synergy Medical Supply Inc. vice-president of sales and marketing Eric Van Praagh says he received a barrage of phone calls from long-term care stakeholders wanting information about the company's innovative hip protectors after a news story was published in the OMNIway, OMNI Health Care's stakeholder news program, in November. Read More Strengths-Based Workplace Generates Exciting Opportunity Axiom staffer leads dialogue on creating vibrant culture
Jen Zentner at Axiom News says a democratic workplace and a strength-based approach has provided her an opportunity to do what she loves and proactively create a vibrant workplace culture. Read More
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