Transforming Problematic Into Positive: Practice-Based Recommendations for Resolving Paradigmatic and Methodological Conflicts in Appreciative Inquiry

Researchers have employed Appreciative Inquiry (AI) in a variety of methodological contexts, settings, and toward outcomes. For practitioners seeking to both identity amplify the best what is, AI has been sort multi-functional toolset, improving outcomes small grand. Amidst this successful history application (AI), little attention given some limitations or even risks applying its practices whatever extent whichever The models supplied by may prove problematic several ways, among them: ontological realism, epistemological objectivism, potential for axiological denial ethical deception, discord, posture rooted problems, blind spotting, neglect integral nature things. This paper brings together theoretical premises methodologies, emerging considerations from transdisciplinarity consciousness studies, practical applications recent project, so as construct recommendations resolving paradigmatic conflicts that arise.