Great blog on the solution focused approach

My colleague (who always finds interesting stuff and new places on the Internet) drew my attention to this weblog on the solution focused approach. Michael Hjerth writes short essays that support and explain the appreciative approach. Eg:

• Affirmative questions can offer much more than compliments. Examples of these affirmative questions are: "How did you do that?” or “How did you decide it was the right thing to do?". It not only acknowledges the other, it also helps to gain deeper understanding of the subject matter. It helps to reflect.
• Receivers of compliments are not the only ones to benefit from the compliments. Hjerth elaborates on the way he experienced it also helps the one who gives the compliment. It helps to listen differently, he says.

Read more:

• An interview with Michael Hjerth (by Coert Visser)