... stories and spread them throughout the organization. The discovery phase shifts the attention from what isn't working to what is working and may possibly work in the future. In order to find out what is working, an appreciative interview is generally performed. This involves exploring a person's beginnings with an organization, what they value most about themselves, their work and the organization, and their hopes and dreams for the organization's future. 2. Imagining what might be This phase is a time for groups of people to engage in thinking big, thinking outside the box, and thinking out of the boundaries of what has been in the past. It is a time for people to describe their wishes and dreams for their work, their working relationships, and their organization. This phase takes place in a large group meeting during which data and stories collected in the previous phase are shared. Wishes and dreams ...

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