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When Jim Lord discovered Appreciative Inquiry, it resonated with something he had long intuited – that philanthropy could be about co-creating a future that uplifts everyone involved. Lord’s AI-inspired Philanthropic Quest helped to redefine fundraising by replacing transactional ‘asks’ with transformative conversations. With a shift of focus from extracting resources to leaving legacies, Philanthropic Quest and Appreciative Inquiry have positively impacted philanthropy and its offshoots.