Nourish to Flourish brings together practitioners’ voices and creative practices, and appreciative reviews of resources that support strengths-based approaches to human interactions. Voices from the Field In a time when climate anxiety threatens to thwart collective action, Shaun McInerney’s case study, “Applying Appreciative Inquiry to Our Own Climate Action”, offers a refreshingly hopeful and practical perspective through his use of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) in educational and sustainability contexts. Drawing on his experience as a school leader and facilitator of system-level change, McInerney

Poems by Anne Radford Appreciative Inquiry (AI) was a lifeline when I first came across it in the early 1990s, and it continues to be a gift as circumstances change and new interpretations follow. It’s appeal was the new way of working. My consulting practice became more joyful and beneficial than the deficit-based practices common at the time. AI went from being a consulting practice to a way of life, one that stayed with me as I left work behind and moved to a different age

One of the strengths of Appreciative Inquiry is that David Cooperrider and other early AI thought leaders were committed to keeping AI open source and available to all. The co-editors of this issue are increasingly aware of the bounty of AI offshoots and innovations that are evolving around the world. Their hope is that this issue will plant the seeds for more offshoots to flourish. As forever friends and lifelong partners in AI innovations, Ada Jo Mann, Sallie Lee and Jennie

One of the wonderful things about Appreciative Inquiry is the inherent invitation for anyone to take it and make it theirs by using it in their own settings. This article highlights how three British National Health Service staff applied AI in profoundly generative ways, resulting in a new book full of practical examples. We also see how it worked its magic within their own lives. Over the past ten years, one of our most significant areas of work has been with