During nearly the whole of the 20th century psychology focused on knowing the reason for our negative states, leaving aside the whole positive spectrum of our emotions. It is in 1998 when for the first time the subject of positive emotions are tackled from a serious perspective, thanks to Barbara Fredrickson, professor at North Carolina […]
Each day more firms in Spain bet on Appreciative Inquiry, a model which transforms organizations. It is question of “changing the way in which we change”, of transforming the culture and business of the organizations in a simultaneous manner. The premise is simple: A system moves in the direction that it investigates, that is to […]
The digital transformation of Spanish companies is today one of the main challenges in the pursuit of competitiveness. Many of them are aware of this reality and are investing in technological expenditure. According to IDC Research Spain, this will reach 41,600 million euros in 2018. However, it is necessary to look beyond the material investment, […]
Appreciative inquiry is a methodology to transform the culture and business of organizations that work simultaneously. At Madavi, we change the way organizations change; and for that, instead of analyzing the problems, we inquire about what we call “Peak Moments”. A Summit is a collaborative event for many: 20, 50, 100, 200 or more people. […]
It is of interest to distinguish between “what is positive and what is appreciative”. By positive we understand “something” favorable that has happened to us in circumstances that we believe are to our benefit. To appreciate is to see “the best of what is”, the potential, what is good, what is positive, what can be […]
Barbara Fredrickson and Marcial Losada have demonstrated that to be in top mental form the ratio between positive and negative mental states has to be at least 3 to 1. Maintaining this ratio enormously affects our energy, resilience and capacity to be creative and to act. However, a great part of actual management techniques concentrates […]
All of us have received and given congratulations to many people. Someone does a good job and we congratulate him. So far so good since the intention is good and we want to motivate the person. What happens when we congratulate someone? Normally he thanks us and that is the end of the conversation. The […]
Fred Polak in his book “Image of the Future” argued that the rise and fall of imaged preceded the rise and fall of the civilizations that harbored them. When a culture has a positive image of the future, science, art, commerce and all the other aspects of a culture flourish. However, when the image of […]
Collective intelligence is a lot like Jazz. When jazz musicians interpret a piece, this has a base previously agreed upon, but the best begins when one musician departs from what has been previously established and the rest follow in an effective improvisation. That is when concerts gain their maximum intensity and connection with the public, […]
