TY - CHAP AB - Abstract The Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Summit methodology is a powerful organizational development tool for unleashing the generative capacity of human systems. When an AI Summit is executed seamlessly, the design and planning appears almost effortless. As we have learned, however, there are many nuances to this powerful tool and attention to detail is vital to delivering a successful Summit. This chapter offers a practical guide to designing and implementing an AI Summit in any organization. The chapter addresses many of the pragmatic issues that emerge when designing a summit and offers insight on how to best prepare an organization for what needs to happen during pre-summit preparations to ensure a strong focus on desired outcomes and advancing post-summit momentum. VL - 4 SN - 978-1-78190-330-8, 9781848554887/1475-9152 DO - 10.1108/S1475-9152(2013)0000004012 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1475-9152(2013)0000004012 AU - McGuigan Molly AU - Murphy C. J. PY - 2013 Y1 - 2013/01/01 TI - Ensuring Generativity Beyond the AI Summit Event: A Practical Guide for Designing an AI Summit and Advancing Post-Summit Momentum T2 - Organizational Generativity: The Appreciative Inquiry Summit and a Scholarship of Transformation T3 - Advances in Appreciative Inquiry PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 311 EP - 338 Y2 - 2024/05/11 ER -