Appreciative inquiry, Mission and Vision Statements, The Guiding Principles and The Core Value

What Is Appreciative inquiry?

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a model that seeks to engage stakeholders in self-determined change. The Appreciative Inquiry Model is one of the key positive organizational approaches to development and collective learning. 

My Appreciative Inquiry 

DISCOVER

When I recall the moments of the past in my life, I found that the happiest and most fulfilled moments are when I was able to see my friends, my coworkers, and my lover's smiles induced by me, and also when I was able to help kind people and animals.

DREAM

When I was in high school, I desired to be a veterinarian who can cure as many adorable animals as possible and a successful investor who is able to provide enough capital for companies that are trying to make the world a better place.

DESIGN

I believe that before I am able to help others or any animals, I have to brace myself first and keep accumulating my ability for becoming those characters I desired to be. Therefore, first, I have to learn how to efficiently improve my investment skills while still having a full-time job. Thus, I would be able to accumulate my experience in investing. After I can start up a venture capital company, I finally can choose to fund companies or entrepreneurs with great ideas to make the world a better place. Moreover, I can also use the money from the investment to operate animal clinics. 

DELIVER

Abraham Lincoln once said “ Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax. ” As I mentioned above in the DESIGN phase, learning how to efficiently improve my investment skills and accumulating my experience in investing are the two top priorities. The exact steps would be complete the basic courses, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Basic Accounting, Finance, and Basic Management first. Of course, it should be lifelong learning, so these courses are just the bases.   

My Mission and Vision

Deep in my heart, I believe my mission is to gather investment skills, knowledge, and intelligence to make great decisions on investment as well as business administration skills to operate my own businesses to provide good job opportunities for good people. Business administration skills are also helpful while operating an animal clinic chain to take good care of animals. If I imagine what heaven looks like, I think it is a place where all people and animals are always happy and safe. My highest principles guide my vision and all that I do are integrity, boosting emotional intelligence, empathy, learning, and kindness.

My Mission

In my imagination, my mission is to provide capital to excellent entrepreneurs and planet-friendly companies, provide good job opportunities for good people, and take good care of animals by:

• Gather investment skills, knowledge, and intelligence to make great investment decisions
• Gather business administration skills to operate planet-friendly businesses and an animal clinic chain

My Vision

My vision I believe is through my knowledge, insights, and actions to consistently provide services and necessary sources for a better future. 

My Guiding Principles 

Integrity

Without integrity, there can be no trust. So, I put integrity first.

Boosting Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence helps me build stronger relationships and achieve my goals. It can also help me to connect with my feelings, turn intention into action, and make informed decisions about what matters most to me.

Empathy

The benefit of being empathetic is that it helps me to better understand and accept people, making it easier to build social relationships with partners and allies.

Learning

Learning gives me motivation. During this pandemic of COVID-19, most of us are spending more time at home and are physically isolated from many loved ones. This can take a toll on our mental health. Learning a new language, practicing an instrument, or tending to an herb garden can give me energy and a sense of purpose.

Kindness

I believe being kind can help me reduce stress and improve my emotional wellbeing. If we take the time to be kind to other people, we can reap emotional dividends. It can make a difference and especially for people who are vulnerable or struggling.

Strategic & Focusing On The Big Picture

I reckon that the importance of defining a clearly articulated set of mission statements, vision statements, and statements of core values is to remind myself of the big picture and act as a source of reference in this modern world. These statements would be ineffective unless those settings actually guide our decisions, shape our actions, and influence our behaviors.

My mission statement, in essence, I believe it represents a description of what I want to be and where I want to go. As the core values of an organization can best be described as operating philosophies or guiding principles that guide an organization’s internal conduct as well as its relationship with the external world, I believe my personal value should also be described as the codes of conduct that guide my mindset as well as my relationship with the world. In addition, if my mission statement tells me what I currently exist to achieve and my vision statement articulate where I desire to go, the purpose of stating my core values would be to define the type of person I strive to be. Moreover, core values must keep reminding me what is important. 

References

Abe Lincoln quote - sharpen your axe. American Music Theatre. (2018, February 22). Retrieved July 1, 2022, from https://amtshows.com/abe-lincoln-quote/ 

Cfellows. (n.d.). Appreciative inquiry resources by Gervase Bushe. The Appreciative Inquiry Commons. Retrieved July 1, 2022, from https://appreciativeinquiry.champlain.edu/educational-material/appreciative-inquiry-resources-by-gervase-bushe/ 

What is appreciative inquiry? A brief history & real life examples. PositivePsychology.com. (2022, June 28). Retrieved July 1, 2022, from https://positivepsychology.com/appreciative-inquiry/