Framework of Planning for Performance Improvement Using Appreciative Inquiry

Positive Core/ Life-Giving Co-created Vision

Forces
What makes you alive and
going?
Discovery Phase
 What is your past?
 How did you start?
 Who helped you start?
 What made you start
in the first place?
 What did you want
that time?
 Why did you come
together?
 What was your
purpose then?
 What did you want to
happen then?
 What is your current
situation?
 What made you arrive
to this situation?
 What made you
survive despite the
challenges?
 What made you keep
on trying and moving?
 What made you push
to be better than the
past?

Where do you want to
Project Planning
go? How do you go there?
Dreaming Phase Design Phase
 How do you picture  What could you do that
your organization’s would result to our co-
future? created dream?
 What do each of you  How can you do this?
want for your  What resources or
organization? support do you need?
 What is it that you  What skills or capabilities
could improve in do you need to develop to
your present be able to make the
situation? dream come true?
 What did those who  When will the activities be
went before us done for an effective
wanted to happen? project implementation?
 What future do you  Who should be involved?
want for our  What can you do that will
children? improve school
 What do you want performance?
to happen that  What positive core or life-
would be better giving forces will you apply
than our past and to be able to improve?
our present
situation?
Integrative Implementation
How can your design be done effectively?

Delivery Phase

 Is the project being implemented as planned?

 Is the project being implemented leading to the dream?
 Do we have to adjust plans for efficiency? For better outputs?
 How do you ensure that the delivery will lead to the dream?