These relationships behave in unpredictable and surprising ways. They co-create with each other in a great dance of signaling and response. All are free to create themselves as they choose, deciding what they will notice and respond to. Balance allows us to touch the polar opposites while staying centered. Focusing on problems and solving them takes us back to the situation that created them.
Appreciative inquiry focuses on what is working.
When we focus on positive scenarios we are looking at our preferred future. Removing barriers to what is trying to emerge creates an enlarged and more dynamic world. Engage your co-workers in such a dialogue and act together on your discoveries creatively. This issue of NurseWeek explores ways in which creative health professionals focus on what is possible vs. what is broken. They have increased the complexity and capacity of their networks through cooperation and sharing.