Danny van Montfort & David Coghlan

When we think about Appreciative Inquiry (Ai), we often picture positive stories, uplifting conversations, and a focus on what’s going well. But during an Ai initiative I facilitated in a Dutch asylum center for unaccompanied refugee children — where I work in a dual role as social worker and insider action researcher — I learned that team and center development also requires engaging with “shadow processes”: gossip, frustrations, suppressed emotions, and unspoken tensions. Blog: https://actionresearchplus.com/bringing-asylum-shadows-into-the-light-with-danny-v-montfort/