November 2009 – Foundation In Light (FIL) conducted an Appreciative Inquiry mini-Summit. Participants included Founder Bryan Christopher, Director Debra Reble and FIL supporters Marie Hersman, Lisa Hinton, Doug Reble and Maggie Ryan. The event was facilitated by Scott Hinton, Case Weatherhead School of Management, Masters in Positive Organizational Development (MPOD) 2011 candidate. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is about the co-evolutionary search for the best in people, their organizations, and the relevant world around them. In its broadest focus, it involves systematic discovery of what gives “life” to a living system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in economic, ecological, and human terms.

Scott led the group through the discover, dream and design phases of Appreciative Inquiry. FIL plans to conduct a larger AI the first half of 2011.