Through years of experience with ground breaking approaches to change we have developed many original insights. The following video clips, articles and books capture our useful wisdom. Feel free to watch or download them and come back regularly for our latest creations.
Breakthrough Ideas
Videos
This is the ninth video produced in the ‘Just in Case…’ mini-series sponsored by Quality and Equality. In this video, David Shaked, a positive transformation leader with 25+ years of experience in designing and leading successful OD and change, shared with us the foundations of Appreciative Inquiry, and how the various uses of this methodology and embodiment can help us lead through crisis. This video was graphically recorded by Andrea Wendt and is available to download here.
Podcast
In this podcast, I’ll explore the art and science of crafting and asking those powerful, generative questions. Each episode will be dedicated to one type of powerful question – a bite-sized introduction to the question, what makes it powerful and how you could use that question in your life and work.
You can listen here on the site, or subscribe using your favourite player.
Articles
A selection of articles written by David Shaked, available for download as PDFs.
- The True Colours Phenomenon – turning the impostor syndrome upside down
- A fresh approach to Lean Thinking
- The seven signs of value
- Creating a Bridge Between Deficit-based and Strength-based Problem Solving: the Journey of a Six Sigma Master Black Belt
- A Strength-based Approach to Metrics, Scorecards and Performance Reviews
- Creating Strategy for Engaging with Key Opinion Leaders in a Market
- Simple, complex or chaotic – what do I do?
- The value of commitment
- גישה חדישה לייעול תהליכים בארגון ולחשיבה רזה (Lean Thinking)
- An Appreciative reframe of the imposter syndrome
- The True colours phenomenon
- Combining Solution focus coaching & Lean Thinking
- What’s the dream? A new concept for a kaizen activity
- Interview with an Operations manager
- Changing cultures one lift ride at a time
- Quality and efficiency from a dialogic lens
- Solution focus Kata
- The spirit, ethos and DNA of AI
- Appreciative Inquiry in times of crisis (version française)
Books
Strength-based Lean Six Sigma
David Shaked’s first book ‘Strength-based Lean Six Sigma’ was published in 2013. In it he presents a ground-breaking strength-based approach to process and efficiency improvement. As a certified lean Six Sigma Master Black belt and an enthusiast of Appreciative Inquiry, he combined in the book the rigour of Lean Six Sigma with the energy, creativity and engagement of strength-based change. This blended approach helps build a more positive, engaging and sustainable culture of continuous improvement.
It is also available from all major book sellers online and in selected stores.
AI5 — How to unleash the full power of Appreciative Enquiry
In 2019 he also co-authored and published another book “AI5 – How to unleash the full power of Appreciative Inquiry” together with Claire Lustig and Bernard Tollec. The book introduces an innovative and practical framework that captures the wholeness of AI. The book is available in both English and French