An exploration (appreciative inquiry) into how or whether various methodologies that consider so called. "negatives" might be blended into a "strengths-based" approach to change and performance improvement.

1. How
to
achieve
our
poten0al
Organizational
Change
that
works
And
is
enjoyable
Presented
by
John
Loty
How
to
achieve
our
poten0al

2. You
are
correct
• Either
you
can
or
either
you
can't!
• If
you
believe
you
can't
–
you
can’t
• If
you
believe
you
can
–
you
can
• Attribution
–
Henry
Ford
I
believe

3. What
do
you
think?
• Is
it
as
straightforward
as
given
talent
or
intelligence,
ability...?
• Or
can
people
with
“no
talent”
learn
and
achieve
things
that
those
“with
talent”
seem
to
do
effortlessly?

4. In
order
to
have
a
discussion
of
these
ques7ons
we
will
have
to
enable
speakers.
• To
do
that
itself
will
be
a
learning
experience
in
this
software
(Webinar
Jam
Studio)
that
is
a
plugin
to
Google
Hangouts
• And
we
can
do
it!
☺
so
lets
start!

5. Request
to
speak
• On
the
right
hand
side
there
is
a
panel
and
at
the
top
of
that
panel
there
is
a
box
that
contains
the
words
• Request
to
speak.
• When
you
click
on
it
–
the
words
request
to
speak
change
• to
cancel
request.
Meaning
that
the
request
has
been
sent

6. I
then
then
enable
that
request.
• What
happens
next
on
the
screen
of
the
person
who
requested
to
speak
is
Sirstly
screen
goes
black
–
the
green
Google
hangout
logo
appears
and
then
a
message
headed
"you
are
about
to
join
a
hangout
on
Air"
with
an
explanation.
• Tick
the
box
…
I
have
read
et
cetera
and
then
click
the
blue
Okay

7. If
you
7cked
and
then
OK
the
blue
• You
will
again
be
presented
with
a
black
screen
that
has
a
green
box
at
the
bottom
with
the
word
join
in
white
• Clicking
on
that
green
button
(join)
will
enable
both
your
microphone
• and
your
video
camera.

8. BuAons
at
top
of
screen
• You
can
disable
(mute)
your
microphone
at
any
time
and
turn
it
back
on
again.
• That
control
appears
at
the
top
of
the
screen
when
you
hover
your
mouse
up
there.
You
will
also
see
the
other
control
buttons
there.
• Multiple
scenario
requires
discipline
• Like
2
way
radio
days.

9. 10
par7cipants
with
sound
• In
this
software
we
can
have
10
people
enabled
to
speak
at
the
one
time.
• Which
is
why
I
mentioned
the
word
discipline...and
the
2
way
radio
days.
• I
will
cycle
thru
“speakers”
for
opportunity
to
speak
• If
you
do
make
a
“noise”
the
focus
of
screen
can
move.

10. Chat
box
and
other
controls
• Please
note
that
you
can
change
this
focus
by
clicking
on
the
little
box
with
the
"thumbnail"
screens.
• On
the
left
hand
side
at
the
top
there
is
a
blue
striped
box
that
enables
chat
• Screenshare
is
under
that
but
leave
that
to
me
for
this
presentation.

11. Review
of
objec7ves
AI
process,
PQ
,
Mindset
etc
• The
objective
of
this
webinar
series
is
in
effect
to
conduct
an
appreciative
inquiry
into
a
number
of
methodologies
or
approaches
that
give
more
emphasis
or
attention
to
the
negative
–
the
saboteurs,
the
Sixed
mindset
in
the
interfering
"self
one".

12. Why
?
• And
the
reason
for
doing
that
is
to
explore
whether
we
could
better
achieve
our
objective
of
realising
our
true
potential
by
having
regard
to
such
factors.
• Open
discussion
or
chat
or
comment?
• 4
D
Cycle
is
one
way
to
do
AI

16. Many
examples
of
success
using
AI
• Whole
cities
and
regions
have
been
transformed.
• There
can
be
no
doubt
that
AI
works
just
as
much
as
there
can
be
no
doubt
that
much
remains
the
same
–
unchanged.
• WHY?
…immune
system
analogy
• Discussion

17. The
whole
person
• Individual
–
in
–
divi
-­
dual
• Behaviour
can
be
seen,
beliefs,
feeling,
thoughts,
values
and
needs
cannot
be
seen
and
vary
considerably…not
to
mention
culture,
family,
society
etc.
AND
• THE
SABOTEURS!
Quietly
undermining
in
unseen
and
unrecognised
ways.

18. What
can
I
(you)
change
or
influence?
• Positive
Intelligence
by
Shirzad
Chamine
• Explains
why
(based
on
research
etc)
• Only
20%
of
teams
and
individuals
achieve
their
true
potential….AND
offers
a
suggested
pathway
whereby
individuals
and
teams
(and
organisations)
can
achieve
their
potential!
• Strengthening
the
PQ
region
of
the
brain!

19. Who
or
what
are
these
saboteurs?
• A
free
assessment
and
explanation
online
• Do
these
saboteurs
have
any
good
points?
It
is
said
they
originally
help
us
survive
• 1.Prejudiced
judge
(fault
Sinding);
• 2.Stickler
(perfectionist
on
steroids)
• 3.Pleaser
(really
trying
to
win
approval)
• 4.Hyper-­‐Achiever
(think
workaholic)

20. Saboteurs
use
effec7ve
camouflage
• 5.Victim
(poor
me
–
martyr)
• 6.Hyper-­‐Rational
(feelings
unimportant)
• 7.Hyper-­‐Vigilant
(always
anxious
–
no
rest)
• 8.Restless
(very
busy,
distractions,
next?)
• 9.Controller
(I’m
in
charge
–
follow
me!)
• 10.Avoider
(I’m
positive
&
not
avoiding)

21. The
SAGE
• Sage
is
curious
and
explores,
asks
questions,
(Discovery/Dream)
• Has
empathy
for
self
and
others;
• Innovates
and
creates
new
perspectives;
(Design)
• Navigates:-­‐
in
accord
values
&
purpose;
• Activates
and
takes
decisive
steps
&
generates
results
(Delivery)
PQ regions of our
brain produces :-

22. 3
Strategies
to
improve
PQ
and
overcome
slipping
into
the
“same
old”
• 1.
Weaken
the
saboteurs
within
–
by
exposing
their
deceptive
behaviour
(Self-­‐
assessment
and
“checking
in”.)
• 2.
Strengthen
your
sage...(way
of
seeing)
• 3.
Strengthen
your
PQ
brain
muscles

23. Let
me
pause
for
a
moment...
Like
everything
else
• Your
values
or
what
you
think
is
really
important
needs
be
considered
and
brought
to
mind
(vision)
so
that
this
leads
to
action
(RESULTS)
rather
than
interesting
intellectual
exploration.
• Your
experience?
• My
experience
with
this
sort
of
thing

24. What
is
reality?
Yours
or
mine?
• Acceptance
is
often
promoted
as
a
useful
or
successful
pathway
when
dealing
with
difSiculty.
Other
ways
that
help?
• AI
and
PQ
are
about
a
new
way
of
thinking
or
seeing...so
let
me
share
some
thoughts
on
this
crucial
point.
• An
ancient
story
about
a
stallion...

25. Community
of
interest
Private
Group
online?
• In
the
past
when
I
had
to
achieve
really
difSicult
things
or
help
others
do
the
same
• I
found
joining
together
with
like
minded
people
invaluable.
• These
difSicult
“self-­‐help”
programs
are
nearly
impossible
to
do
on
your
own!!
• So
if
you
have
interest
in
group
work
• Stay
tuned!

26. IS
the
following
a
picture
of
• A
frog?
• OR
• A
horse?
• What
can
you
see?

28. Good
fortune,
bad
luck
or
a
mystery?
• Stallion
story…
• Carl
Jung’s
insight
about
overcoming
signiSicant
emotional
obstacles
or
hurdles...life
long
resentments
and
the
like...

30. The
saboteurs’
influence
(as
explained
in
Posi0ve
Intelligence)
Can we ignore this?
What do you
think?

31. Visit
The saboteurs free
assessment and the PQ
assessment
are useful and
recommended

32. audio
mindfulness
exercises
• At
www.positiveintelligence.com
•
that’s
positiveintelligence.com
there
are
2
videos
–
2nd
one
about
1
hour
and
is
a
talk
to
Google
employees
(also
link
on
my
blog)
and
2
AUDIO
links
so
you
can
download
and
practice
these
PQ
brain
region,
strengthening
exercises.

33. Next:
• Explore
and
discuss
Positive
Intelligence
(Saboteurs
reports
and
assessments)
and
the
strengthening
exercises
experience.
• Some
discussion
of
the
Sage
and
PQ
Gym
• Examine
whether
we
can
change
our
mindsets
–
as
explained
by
Carol
Dweck
in
her
book
Mindset

34. This
is
not
about
a
focus
on
the
nega7ve
I
s7ll
think
we
should
stay
posi7ve
• Because:-­‐
• “If
we
Uight
evil
blow
for
blow…
evil
will
win”
(I
Ching)
and
• A
focus
on
the
negative
–
activates
the
Saboteurs
..but
ignoring
them
is
is
also
problematic.

35. “If
we
fight
evil
blow
for
blow…
evil
will
win”
(I
Ching)
• What
about
the
war
on
poverty?
• The
war
on
drugs?
• The
war
on
terrorists?
• Where
do
these
considerations
Sit
into
the
whole…or
are
they
excluded?
• All
I
know
for
certain
is
we
need
to
think
a
lot
more
than
we
do!

36. Mindsets
• What
are
they?
• Are
we
born
with
them?
• Can
we
change
them…if
we
are
willing?
• What
is
the
advantage
of
having
a
growth
mindset?
A
Sixed
mindset?
• Are
their
dangers
in
praising
achievement?

37. hAp://mindsetonline.com/
wha7sit/about/
• Mindset
explains:
• Why
brains
and
talent
don’t
bring
success
• How
they
can
stand
in
the
way
of
it
• Why
praising
brains
and
talent
doesn’t
foster
self-­‐esteem
and
accomplishment,
but
jeopardizes
them

38. Mindset
……discovered
by
• Carol
Dweck,
a
world-­‐renowned
Stanford
University
psychologist.
•
decades
of
research
on
achievement
and
success—a
simple
idea
that
makes
all
the
difference.
• In
a
Sixed
mindset,
people
believe
their
basic
qualities,
like
their
intelligence
or
talent,
are
simply
Sixed
traits.

39. Fixed
mindset
folk:-­‐
• spend
their
time
documenting
their
intelligence
or
talent
instead
of
developing
them.
• They
also
believe
that
talent
alone
creates
success—without
effort.
• They’re
wrong.

40. In
a
growth
mindset
• people
believe
that
their
most
basic
abilities
can
be
developed
through
dedication
and
hard
work—brains
and
talent
are
just
the
starting
point.
• This
view
creates
a
love
of
learning
and
a
resilience
that
is
essential
for
great
accomplishment.
Virtually
all
great
people
have
had
these
qualities.

41. Advantage
of
the
Growth
Mindset
• Teaching
a
growth
mindset
creates
motivation
and
productivity
in
the
worlds
of
business,
education,
and
sports.
•
It
enhances
relationships.
• Mindsets
are
beliefs—beliefs
about
yourself
and
your
most
basic
qualities.
• Do
you
believe
people
can
learn?

42. Nature
or
nurture?
• It’s
not
nature
or
nurture,
genes
or
environment.
• From
conception
on,
there’s
a
constant
give
and
take
between
the
two.
In
fact,
as
an
eminent
neuroscientist
put
it,
not
only
do
genes
and
environment
cooperate
as
we
develop,
but
genes
require
input
from
the
environment
to
work
properly.

43. Brain
plas7city
• Scientists
are
learning
that
people
have
more
capacity
for
life-­‐long
learning
and
brain
development
than
they
ever
thought.
• People
may
start
with
different
temperaments
and
different
aptitudes,
but
it
is
clear
that
experience,
training,
and
personal
effort
take
them
the
rest
of
the
way.

44. The
tortoise
and
the
hare
• Robert
Sternberg,
the
present-­‐day
guru
of
intelligence
writes
that
the
major
factor
in
whether
people
achieve
expertise
“is
not
some
Sixed
prior
ability,
but
purposeful
engagement.”
• Binet,
recognized,
it’s
not
always
the
people
who
start
out
the
smartest
who
end
up
the
smartest.

45. Want
to
test
your
mindset?
• Visit
http://mindsetonline.com/
testyourmindset/step1.php
• The
book
is
about
changing
the
internal
monologue
from
a
judging
one
to
a
growth-­‐oriented
one.
It
shows
how
mindset
change
has
enabled
people
to
pursue
their
goals
more
effectively
and
how
to
boost
motivation
and
grades.

46. 4
steps
to
change
(get
the
book)
1. Learn
to
hear
your
Uixed
mindset
“voice.”
2.
Recognize
that
you
have
a
choice.
3.
Talk
back
to
it
with
a
growth
mindset
voice.
4.
Take
the
growth
mindset
action.
What
do
you
think?
Possible?

47. Crea7ng
new
conversa7ons
• My
aim
is
to
get
us
thinking
• to
get
some
input
or
suggestions
on
how
we
could
improve
our
quest
• to
achieve
our
potential
and
• sustain
(not
drift
back
to
old
ways)
that
new
pathway
–
perhaps
adopt
or
follow
• The
PQ
practices
of
mind
and
body

48. More
informa7on
• The
Australian
Appreciative
Inquiry
website
• and
my
blog
www.johnloty.com
have
more
info
;
email
focus@johnloty.com
• What
do
you
think
about
setting
up
a
special
group
to
share
thoughts
on
this
topic
or
set
of
ideas
about
improvement?
www.appreciativeinquiry.net.au