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Contrasting aims and assumptions

    
 

 

Conventional deficit-based thinking contrasted with appreciative inquiry and the quest:

Deficit-based thinkingAI and the quest
ProblemsPossibilities
"The glass is half empty""The glass is half full"
Problem-drivenVision-led
MoneyMeaning
Scarcity of resourcesAbundance of resources
Critical thinkingGenerative thinking
ResistanceEnergy
Incremental advancesUnprecedented breakthroughs
Token promisesFull-of-meaning commitments
Using othersCollaborating with others
TransactionsRelations
Professionally-directedSelf-directed
Taught -- as admonitionsLearned -- by example

 

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