From Deficits to Strengths

From Deficits to Strengths

Transforming Intercultural, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Work with Appreciative Inquiry

April 2025
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ABSTRACT

Inspired by Appreciative Inquiry’s strengths-based approach, the authors share their shift from deficit-focused frameworks to fostering resilience, hope and systemic change in transforming organizations. Their innovation bridges Appreciative Inquiry and their work on intercultural diversity, equity and inclusion, creating new tools and processes that prioritize relationships, empathy and renewal.

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Author: Tanya Cruz Teller

Tanya Cruz Teller, MA (she/her) has over twenty years international organisation development (OD) experience. She is committed to a diverse, equitable and inclusive world through building great organisations using Appreciative Inquiry. She co-authored Thriving Women, Thriving World: An Invitation to Dialogue, Healing and Inspired Actions (2019). 

Contact: hello@spaciousness.works / https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyacruzteller/

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Author: Marlene Ogawa

Marlene’s (she/her) work on diversity, equity and inclusion in South Africa and internationally focuses on strengthsbased collaborative leadership methodologies, designing and facilitating Appreciative Inquiry processes that emphasize individual and collective relational and systemic transformation. She co-authored, Thriving Women, Thriving World: An Invitation to Dialogue, Healing and Inspired Actions (2019).

Contact: mogawa182@gmail.com

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