(*information obtained from the book “A More Beautiful Question”) Pg. 162 & 163 Bertrand Russell the philospher once said, In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you take for granted. Usually, mission statements in the corporate world are taken for granted, ignored, and occasionally … Continue reading Mission Statement v. Question Statement
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HMW | Form of Questioning
When people within companies try to innovate, they often talk about the challenges they're facing by using language that can inhibit creativity instead of encouraging it. Min Basadur who is a business consultant, has been teaching the (HMW) form of questioning for years. How might we? Basadur explained that people may start out asking, How … Continue reading HMW | Form of Questioning
Question Storming
(*information obtained from the book “A More Beautiful Question”) Question storming focus less on volume and moves more quickly to improving the questions generated by the group, by opening closed questions and closing opened ones. The key is to converge around the best questions. However, with brain storming many ideas are tossed out, but the … Continue reading Question Storming
Appreciative Inquiry
(*information obtained from the book “A More Beautiful Question”) The main premise of appreciative inquiry is that positive questions, focusing on strengths and assets, tend to yield more effective results than negative questions focusing on problems or deficits. Strength-based questioning focuses on what is working in our lives so that we can build upon that … Continue reading Appreciative Inquiry
Deferred-Life Plan
(*information obtained from the book “A More Beautiful Question”) What is a Deferred-Life Plan? A deferred-life plan is when ambitious young entrepreneurs devote themselves entirely to making money in the present, so that at some later point they'll have the means to pursue what really matters to them once they take the time to figure … Continue reading Deferred-Life Plan
Tortoise Enclosure
We all need a Tortoise Enclosure. A tortoise enclosure is that sheltered, quiet place where you can go for extended periods to think without interruption. This place can enable oneself to write or engage in other creative activities, but going to the tortoise enclosure can also enable deep questioning which is a form of creative … Continue reading Tortoise Enclosure
Why are you evading inquiry?
(*information obtained from the book “A More Beautiful Question”) Among the reasons people tend to avoid fundamental questioning of much of what they do in their lives (especially the important things), four stand out: Questioning is seen as counterproductive; it's the answers that most people are focused on finding, because the answers, it is believed, … Continue reading Why are you evading inquiry?
Mindless Doing
(*information obtained from the book “A More Beautiful Question”) People are too busy doing things to actually ask why they're doing them, that habit seems to be formed early in their life. As mentioned in the earlier post called " No Time to Evaluate" people nowadays don't have much time to evaluate what they are … Continue reading Mindless Doing
Millennials Dream Job
Young workers, in particular, have shown they want to align themselves with companies that support principles and values similar to their own, and companies that are contributing to a greater good. The modern workers were all about salary but today millennials are about purpose. Millennials are increasing saying they want to do something they really … Continue reading Millennials Dream Job
Answers turn into Questions
(*information obtained from the book “A More Beautiful Question”) Even when you arrive at answers, that doesn’t mean you have found the final solution. How is that? Well, that is because the questions don’t end, even when you arrive at the solution. The answers then turn into questions. Many successful questioners, having arrived at an … Continue reading Answers turn into Questions
