Appreciative Inquiry

“4-D” Cycle

Appreciative Inquiry
“4-D” Cycle
Appreciative Inquiry
“4-D” Cycle
Discovery
Appreciating

Destiny Affirmative
Affirmative Dream
Topic
Topic Choice
Choice Envisioning Results
Sustaining

Design
Co-constructing
 Topic Choice:
Define:
“What do we want to see
more of the _______?”
“What do we want to have
happen here in ________?”
 STEP 1:

Discover:

“Appreciate what is”

  historical

“Tell me a story about a time

when you most alive and proud
of being a catechist?”
 Inner directed:
God gifts each of us with
certain abilities. What
strengths you have been given
that enable you to contribute
positively to our Parish
Catechetical Commission?
FUTURE ORIENTED

Wishes for what you’d

like to see more of the
future.
Appreciative Inquiry
“4-D” Cycle
Discovery
Appreciating

Destiny Affirmative
Affirmative Dream
Topic
Topic Choice
Choice Envisioning Results
Sustaining

Design
Co-constructing
Step 2:

DREAM: “Imagine what

might be” Create image for
a preferred future.
1. Expressing a desirable
future through images,
skits, poems and songs
2. Write statements
Appreciative Inquiry
“4-D” Cycle
Discovery
Appreciating

Destiny Affirmative
Affirmative Dream
Topic
Topic Choice
Choice Envisioning Results
Sustaining

Design
Co-constructing
 Step 3

Design: “Determine what

should be.”
 Find innovative ways to create
that future.
The desired future often
requires new actions,
relationships and roles.
Appreciative Inquiry
“4-D” Cycle
Discovery
Appreciating

Destiny Affirmative
Affirmative Dream
Topic
Topic Choice
Choice Envisioning Results
Sustaining

Design
Co-constructing
STEP 4

Deliver: “Create what will be”

Implement the changes
Workshop Process
Write your peak
experience/life-giving
experience as a catechist.
Grouping by District
1. Share your peak
experience; no interruption
2. Discern the common
elements in the peak experiences
of the group.
3. Take note of the varying
elements in the peak
experiences.
4. From the common and varying
elements, discover God’s message
for you as a group.
5. Choose a Scripture
passage that is related
with God’s message for the
group.
6. From the Group Reports
draw out God’s Story for
them:
Example:

Remembering our Peak

Experiences, we come to
know the Story of God
for us and we discover
and appreciate that:
 God has called us to do His mission.
 God has a special vocation for us – to be
servants.
 God is still/always with us [even] in
difficult situations; in negative or positive
situation of life. God uses different kinds
of people in bringing us closer to Him so
that we can help his people [to fulfill His
mission]. Therefore, “Do not be afraid.
Trust in the Lord.”
Dream Phase

Dream Workshop Process:

1. Given the peak experiences,
how do I envision myself as a
catechist three years?
2. Share your personal
dream / vision; no
interruption
3. Discern the common
elements in the dreams /
visions of the group.
4. Take note of the varying
elements in the dream /
visions.
5. From the common and
varying elements, discover
God’s message for you as a
group.
Design

5 Positive Statements about the

catechist, catechism and
catechized
SONG

SKIT

POEM