Disintegration × Appreciative Inquiry — Breakdowns to Breakthroughs examination

Eleven questions. Nine of eleven passes, and you can take it again as often as you like.

What observation gave rise to Appreciative Inquiry, as the chapter describes it?

Studying failures produced more failure; studying successes produced more success Organisations that ignored their problems consistently outperformed all the others Individuals in crisis recovered fastest when they were simply left alone Positive thinking removed the need to address any real problems at all
Which sixth phase does the Luminous Canon add to Cooperrider's 5-D cycle?

Diagnose Detach Deliberate Deepen
What essential distinction does the chapter draw between appreciation and positivity?

Positivity is honest, while appreciation is mostly a social performance Positivity denies the darkness; appreciation includes it and finds its light Appreciation focuses on the past, while positivity focuses on the future They are the same thing, simply described in slightly different terms
Why does the chapter say appreciative attention is diagnostically essential during disintegration?

It proves to the person that the disintegration is not really happening It counters the threat response's narrowing, widening attention to what is emerging It replaces the need for stabilisation, safety and co-regulation during the acute crisis It makes the nervous system's threat response shut down completely
Mariana asks not only what is wrong with her marriage and career but what her moral sensitivity is telling her about what she values. Which phase of the cycle is this reframe?

Discover, collecting peak moments Design, creating conditions to emerge Destiny, acting from the new self Define, choosing an affirmative topic
What is the purpose of the two-column Appreciative Crisis Journal?

To give what is emerging as much attention as what is dissolving To make the list of losses gradually disappear over time To record only positive experiences and deliberately leave the losses out To track symptoms carefully for a clinician's diagnosis
How does the Luminous approach phrase the Dream phase for someone in crisis?

By asking them to write out a detailed five-year life plan By asking what their old life should have looked like instead By asking what qualities of being they glimpse in the emerging self By asking them to choose a role model whose life to imitate
What does the chapter say can be designed during positive disintegration?

The exact sequence and timing of each stage of the crisis The final identity that will emerge once the crisis is over A reliable way to skip the most painful phases entirely The conditions in which the process's own intelligence can work
A person's journal fills the 'what is emerging' column while the 'what is dissolving' column stays thin, and she says, 'I'm so grateful for this growth.' Which pitfall does this suggest?

Premature appreciation Appreciation as avoidance Performing appreciation for others Using appreciation to accelerate the process
When should appreciation be offered to someone in dorsal vagal shutdown or extreme sympathetic activation?

Immediately, since it is the fastest way to calm the system Only through written journaling rather than conversation Not yet; co-regulation and stabilisation come first Only after the person has asked for it directly
What deeper shift does the chapter say appreciative practice facilitates in how disintegration is held?

From being the victim of disintegration to being its witness From feeling the pain to no longer feeling anything at all From witnessing the process to controlling its final outcome From trusting others deeply to relying only on oneself