Coaching & Mentoring

Discovering and Building on the Root Causes of Success with Appreciative Interviews

Discover how Appreciative Interviews can transform your Scrum team's success.

Christiaan Verwijs

Dec 01, 2017 • 5 min read

Intermediate

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Summary

Learn how Liberating Structures, specifically Appreciative Interviews, can be effectively integrated into Scrum practices to unleash team potential and enhance collaboration. Discover practical steps to foster a positive atmosphere and identify success enablers. Engage in peer-to-peer learning and gain valuable insights that can lead to a paradigm shift in team and management dynamics. This resource offers actionable strategies for creating environments where Scrum teams can thrive. Don't miss the opportunity to elevate your team's performance.

Takeaways

Appreciative Interviews uncover success enablers by focusing on positive stories.
Combining Liberating Structures offers versatile solutions for team engagement.
Facilitating management workshops with Appreciative Interviews can shift leadership paradigms.
Practical steps include specifying themes, conducting interviews, and discussing insights.
This approach fosters a positive 'can-do' atmosphere, crucial for new Scrum teams.
A key characteristic of Liberating Structures is that they can easily be combined to create programs for entire workshops or training.
Appreciative Interviews (AI), is a Liberating Structure that helps identify enablers for success in less than one hour. It focuses on what goes well — instead of what doesn’t liberating spontaneous momentum and insights for positive changes to uncover hidden success stories.