In the Wild: Appreciative Inquiry with the Threshold Choir

While Appreciative Inquiry is often explicitly used in formal organizational settings, this case presentation highlights the effectiveness of its use, ‘on the quiet’, with a local Threshold Choir (a group dedicated to providing compassionate support through song to individuals nearing the end of life). By using AI principles to facilitate a collaborative meeting, the author helped the choir identify strengths, envision a desired future, and create a plan for positive change, demonstrating AI’s versatility and its potential to foster growth and improvement in diverse contexts.