Suzanne Verdonschot - ; Source: AI Practitioner, Volume 28, Number 1 02-12-2026
This article argues that building a community is like growing a movement: the end point is unknown, uncertainty is constant, and progress happens through many small steps. Getting stuck is inevitable but generative when met with curiosity. Movements grow by broadening participation, deepening practice, and providing direction at the right moments, guided by attentiveness to context, intuition, and reflective learning.
'AI Practitioner' is brought to the world by a partnership between the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, and Kessels & Smit, The Learning Company. It is designed to highlight examples, case studies and research on strength-based approaches to change with special emphasis on Appreciative Inquiry.