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Books About or Related to Appreciative Inquiry

A Call For Connection
by Gail Holland

This book "presents good news rarely featured by the mainstream media". The author chronicles recent developments in medicine, science, education, the environment,as well as other disciplines.

An idea that is relevant to AI is found on page 27, where Holland discusses " A whole new view of the heart". Referring to the work of the Institute of HeartMath, she describes the research on how the heart "literally influences our thoughts and actions, directly affecting brain function and our perception of reality. In her words, "these researchers believe that we can change our reality so it is colored more by love and caring than by anger and cynicism".

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Learned Optimism
by Martin E. P. Seligman

Optimists believe that defeat is a temporary setback or a challenge, it doesn't knock them down. This book teaches readers how to choose optimism, thereby gaining an essential new freedom to build a life of real rewards and lasting fulfillment.

"Pessimism is escapable," asserts Seligman, by learning a new set of cognitive skills that will enable charge, resist depression, and make yourself feel and accomplish more. The book compiles scientific evidence that optimism is vital to overcoming defeat and exhibits how readers can learn the habit of optimism necessary for a successful and happy life. He includes tests for parents and children, for whom achievement may be related more to their level of optimism/pessimism than to ability. The final chapters teach the skills of changing from pessimism to optimism and include worksheets

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Large Group Interventions : Engaging the Whole System for Rapid Change
by Barbara Benedict Bunker and Billie T. Alban (Contributor)

Large Group Interventions presents a comprehensive overview of 11 different models of large group intervention, explores their similarities and differences, describes their origins, and presents the methods with vivid examples and case studies that give the reader an inside account of each intervention. This well written and clear book is an excellent resource for practitioners, as well as for persons investigating methods for learning and change within their organizations. To order this book, click here.

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