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Stories That Matter
Strengths-Based Music Event Connects Community
AI the 'catalyst' for change in Cincinnati, says public relations expert
Ten years ago Melinda Kruyer launched a project designed to bring the community together around its gifts in music, and the impact of that effort is a big reason she's a believer in an upcoming summit driven by a vision to spark transformation in the City of Cincinnati. Read More
World to Celebrate 1,000 Fair Trade Towns Saturday Seven towns worldwide will announce status to commemorate milestone
Like many a social movement, the world's first Fair Trade Town found its nourishment at the dinner table. Read More
Appreciative Inquiry Sparks New Opportunity for Cincinnati Professional Elaine Suess sees similar potential in approach for city
Elaine Suess was recently awarded a significant contract, and she  links the win in large part to a conversation with the client where she introduced some of the thinking around Appreciative Inquiry (AI). Read More |
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What We're Thinking
The Journey of Transformation through Appreciative Inquiry
A writer's look at a pure model of organizational change
Every so often an opportunity comes along to reaffirm that a given path we've chosen in life is indeed taking us in the right direction.
I spent a day last week as a fly on the wall, watching a group of passionate individuals connected with Schlegel Villages, an organization meeting the needs of an aging population in a truly progressive manner, as they continued a transformational process of organizational change.
Axiom News was brought in to the organization a little more than a month ago to complement the final Destiny phase of its Appreciative Inquiry (AI) process. As Schlegel Villages strives to achieve its goals, we are there to write about each success.
Afterwards, when I arrived at home to consider what I'd seen, I realized my chosen path is indeed taking me in the right direction.
As a generative journalist with Axiom News, my continual quest is to seek stories of strength from within the organizations I serve, and honour them through my writing.
The principles of AI guide me; the questions I ask generate answers that flush out success as opposed to those focused on deficit, and as I watched Schlegel team members, residents and a family member take control of their destiny, I realized what is possible when people are engaged from a position of strength. Read More |
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Stories At Work
Wardrop's Stories Support National Award Application
Latest Happenings shares success stories of new Canadians throughout company, says HR manager
Wardrop Engineering Inc., a Tetra Tech company, has ranked among Canada's Top 100 Employers in the Best Employers for New Canadians category for the past four years, and they're using articles from Wardrop's Latest Happenings for next year's application. Read More
Spreading Stories of Strength, Spreading the Dream of a More Inclusive Society Advocate and volunteer talks about the power of networking
Since Axiom News began writing stories about strength and success within the BC Centre for Ability three months ago, director Alan Rae has seen awareness of the agency grow. Read More
Authentic Stories Connect Ideas in Long-Term Care Sector Medical supply company manger educates daily through stories
As an Ontario territory manager for Medical Mart, a company dedicated to supplying health-care providers with equipment and products across Canada, Margurite Reid is intimately connected to the world of long-term care. Read More |
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