A busy year for Appreciating Health and Care

It’s been a year since Appreciating Health and Care launched. A packed year. Here’s what we’ve been up to.

The launch – 30 April 2024
We kicked things off with a national event. People showed up – in person and online – from all corners of the UK. It was buzzing with energy and full of good questions. There was real interest – you can catch up here.

Webinars – and lots of them

We’ve supported a string of webinars. All with different hosts, but one focus: real stories of Appreciative Inquiry in action.

Q Community series:

  • • Building Culture – learning about the transformative power of appreciative conversations from Appreciative Inquiry practitioners, and how they use them in their own organisations. Watch it here.
  • • AI for Staff Wellbeing – staff wellbeing and relationship-centred care. Catch up here.
  • • Wellbeing Culture – how good relationships support wellbeing and power good care. Watch here.

 

Taos Institute:

 

David Cooperrider Center:

  • • Transforming Cancer Care – an Organisational and Personal Journey with Appreciative Inquiry with Liz Vogel. Watch it here.
  • • AI in Action – Watch it here.
  • • Building a Better Future: Positive Creativity in Healthcare Strategy with the Community Health Centres of Burlington. Catch up here.

 

Deep dives

Appreciative Supervision in Health and Care – Designed for people doing supervision – or wanting to. Practical, reflective, energising. It’s a paid resource, but easy to access. Take a look.

 

Sharing the story

Talks and presentations by Kayleigh Barnett:

  • • Patient Safety Network drop-in call
  • • North East Yorkshire ICB NHS IMPACT event – case study masterclass
  • • Regional Improvement conference – keynote for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, using the book case studies
  • • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust – digital team away day

 

Review:
The AI Practitioner reviewed the book. Read it here.

Podcasts and blogs

Caring Corner podcast launched in June.
Hosted by Kayleigh Barnett and Katy Fisher with real AI stories in different settings and honest chat.
Listen here

Blogs from Kayleigh:

Blog from Katy:

Guest podcast:
Katy and Kayleigh appeared on What the Healthtech?

Thought leadership

Helen Hunt wrote a well-received piece on AI for AI Practitioner. It’s on LinkedIn – worth a read.

What’s next?

We’re not done. Coming up:

  • NHS ConfedxOD in May – Appreciative Inquiry in leadership and culture change
  • NHS Confed in June – Katy and Kayleigh doing a live podcast

If you’re using Appreciative Inquiry, we’d love to hear from you. If you’re curious, dive in. The stories are growing.