Appreciating People/ Publications

Project type: words, books, design

Print run: various depending in publication, approx 20,000 units in total

Appreciating People is an award-winning team of experts in positive organisational development, with a track record of improving organisations, communities, businesses and charities. AP uses Appreciative Inquiry (AI) to focus on the strengths and positive areas of a workforce, using them as the starting point for growth, development or change.

We’ve worked with the team at AP for the best part of a decade, working initially on its copywriting and communications, before branching out and producing books, organising events, and creating training resources to help AP with its work.

We worked together to fine-tune AP’s AI expertise, changing the focus from blogs and online posts to creating a series of journals and workbooks. We’ve created more than five books together over the last few years, including journals for schools, a wildlife/ outdoors project with the Canal and River Trust, and sector-led workbooks and journals.

Their latest release, Three Good Things (March 2018) was created with a wider audience in mind, taking AP’s expertise in crafting appreciative inquiry resources and applying broader strokes for those looking to try AI and journalling for the first time.