In this article, the relationship of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) with the shadow, defined as censored emotional and/or cognitive content (Shadow), is explored via three varieties of AI-Shadow relationships: (1) AI as generating Shadow through both its "light" and the censoring effect of polarizing norms, (2) AI as an intervention into the Shadow, and (3) AI itself as a Shadow process. These varieties of AI-Shadow relationships are then illustrated through two case stories. Finally, implications for our collective AI conversation are presented.

In this response to Boje and Bushe’s commentaries on our article, Appreciative Inquiry as a Shadow Process, we argue that a reflexive ethical answerability regarding one’s role in constructing narratives can help bridge critical and appreciative inquiry and draw upon their inherent complementarities.