Appreciative interviews Appreciative interviews will help you avoid trying to close the trust gap and instead focus on building on the positives. Use this tool to help you and your partners discover what has worked well in the past, affirm those successes, create positive self-images, and imagine future successes. 1. Conduct appreciative interviews as detailed here. Form pairs. One partner interviews the other and vice versa, using the following questions. Describe a time when you felt you were at your prime as a ___________________ (add role you want to focus on). Share as many details as possible. When did it occur? Who was involved? What were you doing? What were others doing? What did you value most about that situation, the work involved, the community,