Appreciating Peace – Introduction

February 2018
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ABSTRACT

Peace from the Appreciative Paradigm is the topic Joep C. de Jong and Daniel K. Saint have chosen for this issue. If we want to live in peace, we have to live in peace ourselves. Peace becomes possible when we can see and appreciate both the beauty and the suffering in those we might call enemy. That does not mean condoning behavior with which we may vehemently disagree. But it does mean seeing the humanity in the other. Peace is something that starts with(in) each of

us. As we view our world through an appreciative lens, we generate a positive, shared vision of the future, compelling us forward out of darkness into light. Perhaps Appreciative Inquiry’s highest purpose is in lighting the way to peace.

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Author: Joep C. de Jong

Joep C. de Jong is Founder of JLS International, an associate of the TAOS Institute and member of the council of Instituto IDEIA. He uses AI in day-to-day business and has developed a special interest in what he calls ‘The soul of the Appreciative Leader, a social construct?’, also the potential title of his Ph.D. thesis.

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Author: Daniel K. Saint

Dan is an award-winning leader, teacher and consultant helping clients lead positive change. Applying AI, his teams have achieved consistently superlative results. He has served clients in over 40 countries ranging from Intel, GM and Daimler to the Sasakawa India Leprosy Foundation.

Contact: dansaint@me.com

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