Appreciative Inquiry for Change in Micro Social Communities: Field Notes from a Real-World Experience

Cooperrider and Sekeika (2003) stated that the Appreciative Paradigm is focused on finding out what brings life into a social system so that a better future can be built upon a worldview fit for change. This article reports on a real-world experience of an Appreciative Inquiry process development designed for change management in a social community with the involvement of community leaders with values and attitudes that enabled a community development built collectively in pursuit of common wellbeing.