The 5 D’s of Appreciative Inquiry

Are you thinking about the “5Ds”? And no, before you ask, I’m not talking about Dodgeball (duck, dip, dive … etc.). 

I’m talking about the 5D’s of Appreciative Inquiry (Define, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver), which provide professionals and firms with a practical approach to address change, focusing on existing positive qualities and strengths.

In law, like in other industry sectors, having to deal with change is inevitable. Very often our instinct tells us to zero in on problems, dissecting what’s wrong in order to come up with new solutions.

– Shifting perspectives from problems to possibilities

But is it really that that useful to start with a focus on business problems? If you go search for problems, will you not keep finding new ones?

One useful way of approaching the issue is through Appreciative Inquiry (AI), which provides a transformative framework focusing on what’s already working and building upon those strengths to become more future ready.

– The art of constructing success narratives

Appreciative Inquiry allows us to shift our perspective from problems to possibilities, and thereby construct narratives that highlight our past successes.

This is quite powerful, since what we choose to focus on often creates our reality. By applying Appreciative Inquiry, we pave the way for a positive and proactive approach to managing change, both in our law careers and in legal organizations and teams.

What do you think of this approach? If you want to find out more about how it works just send me a PM.

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