Some links to other resources which may be of interest:
Appreciative Inquiry and Action Research
- Where nothing is clear and everything keeps changing – provocative propositions, November 2018
- How action research can help to deliver better services, IRISS
- Forming new futures through appreciative inquiry, IRISS Insight 33, 2016,
- Appreciative Inquiry in Health and Social Care, IRISS FM broadcast
- Focusing the appreciative lens during this time of flux – Liberating health and social care using AI, Learning from Excellence, West Midlands
- What is action research? Danny Burns provides a useful general introduction with examples of systematic action research
- Action Research and Large Systems Change Hilary Bradbury, Steve Waddell and Danny Burns on the implications of relational inquiry for large scale change
- Action Research – Inquiry for Better Times, Blog/Keynote Speaker, Leapfrog Summer School, The Glasgow School of Art, Forres, Scotland, July 2016
Inspiring Practices
- ‘Radical presence’ Sheila McNamee Good account of first-person practices – in action.
- Developing a practice of always learning in teams AR+ Co-Labs Future Learning
- Edgar Schein Humble Inquiry
- Edgar Schein and Otto Scharmer in conversation
- Bill Torbert What is action inquiry?
- Timely Action – The Power of Action Inquiry
- Ken Gergen on Action Research and Social Construction
My Home Life – leadership development for health and social care
- Moving Stories: Exploring the LIFE storytelling method
- My Home Life Resources for Practice
- Our Home Life – What’s great about care homes in East Ayrshire? (Digital Story)
General action research resources and links
- Action Research Resources
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Participatory Methods (from IDS)
- Taos Institute – relational, collaborative and appreciative practices around the world
- Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN)
- Peter Reason’s Homepage – links to academic articles on action research
Evaluation Toolkits and Resources
- Is this the best it can be? A reflective toolkit for artists, arts organisations, partners and participants
- Life Changes Trust Evaluation Toolkit
- How to evaluate asset-based approaches in an asset-based way, Principles from Evaluation Support Scotland
Partners