APA was developed first in the mountains of Nepal to engage and empower local people, especially very poor women, often illiterate, whose busy lives did not give them the leisure to join workshops or meetings lasting more than an hour or two. Today it is being used by businesses, non-profits, and local and national organizations in a dozen countries around the world where time and efficiency – and rapid, achievable, positive results are demanded.

APA differs from classical Appreciative Inquiry in its focus on three fundamental questions:

1. What works? What’s the best?
2. What’s ‘even better’ look like?
3. How do we get there?

These 3 questions are reflected in the name of our process:

• Appreciative: Focusing on success, what works
• Planning: Developing a vision and plans for the future, based on what works
• Action: Taking action to get started, now!


APA draws out the successes, strengths and values shared by people and organizations in order to implement a change agenda to achieve their highest goals – and it does so in a matter of only an hour or two, rather than the days or weeks so often required by other processes.

APA Consulting combines features of a small personalized practice with a large consulting firm -– AI Consulting, LLC, with its extensive knowledge web, an alliance of change agents, and a socially responsible business entity. We are a principle-driven organization, valuing integrity, learning, generosity, and the common good. Our leading-edge design makes us highly flexible and responsive to client needs. We always seek to enhance the core strengths that “give life” to an organization while growing its economic vitality, ecological integrity and organizational health.

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