This is a commentary on an article by Fitzgerald, Oliver, and Hozsey appearing in this issue of Journal of Management Inquiry. I look at sideshadowing as a way out of the duality of an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) that does not look at critical analysis or collection of non-appreciative stories, and a critical approach that does not do appreciation. I conclude that AI uses a chronotope (defined by Bakhtin as relativity of time and space in narrative) that makes events conform that conforms to the views of positive science, positive organizational behavior, positive leadership, and positive thinking. This commentary therefore supports a more ‘critical’ version to AI.
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