People have more confidence and comfort to journey to the
future (the unknown) when they carry forward parts of the past
(the known).
If we carry parts of the past forward, they should be what is best
about the past.
It is important to value differences.
The language we use creates our reality.
Dreams are not necessarily born or
nurtured by our successes, and failure
even in its most dramatic form does not
necessarily knock a person out. It is how
that experience is reflected upon, talked
about, defined, and the reality we co-
create that ultimately makes it positive or
negative.
~ Hammond, 1998, p. 6
The appreciative inquiry paradigm moves from theory to practice by
using the “Four Ds”: discover, dream, design, and destiny (see
Figure 3.2). Emphasis is placed on how questions are asked—the
words chosen when asking questions will impact the answers
provided, reaffirming the quality of our language and how we talk
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