Best of the blog
The most-popular and noteworthy posts from the first 10 years — both by category and Warren’s “Top 30”
Warren’s “Top 30” Posts
Here are 5 questions a leader shouldn’t ask
It’s important for leaders to ask questions. But it’s also important that leaders ask the RIGHT kind of questions.
What happened when young Woz asked “Why”
In preparing for an interview with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak I discovered something interesting about him and his father.
Take ownership of your questions
It’s one thing to ask great questions. But what do you do with those questions, once you’ve raised them?
Teaching kids the “Question Formulation Technique”
Shifting the balance of power in classrooms by putting students more in charge of their own questions.
Carl Sagan: Master Questioner and Critical Thinker
Author and professor Carl Sagan, a sage proponent of critical thinking, taught us that we must be conscious of our own cognitive blind spots—and of the many ways we can fall prey to faulty thinking.
How Many Types of Questions Are There?
When making the index for the new edition, I found to my surprise there were more than 50 different entries covering either types of questions or types of questioning/inquiry.
Want to inspire more curiosity and inquiry in kids?
There’s a whole world of “children’s question books” that can help inspire more curiosity and inquiry in kids—and librarian Traci Sanders has curated more than 80 of the best of them in a new section on this site.
Preparing students for a world where questioning is a survival skill
If you want a practical reason as to why we should be teaching kids to question, well, let's look to the world of high-tech. The leaders of Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, and a number of other leading...
What is your sentence?
What is your sentence? is a favorite question of the author Daniel Pink, though he acknowledges in his book Drive that it can be traced back to the journalist and pioneering Congresswoman Clare...
These three questions can help you tackle any problem
Asking the right questions, at the right time, can help you begin to tackle a problem and can even guide you toward a solution.
Is questioning the starting point of creativity?
Neuroscientist Susan Greenberg talks about the stages of creativity in the brain, a process that starts with questioning dogma. Give her speech a listen.
The surprising power of asking “How Might We”
Some of the most successful companies in business today are known for tackling difficult creative challenges by first asking “How might we . . . ?”
Scared of failing? Ask yourself these fear-killing questions
Questions—both hypothetical and practical—can help you anticipate and come to terms with real-world problems, including failure.
Innovation lessons from George Carlin
Based on insights from Kelly Carlin, Louis C.K., and others, here are five tips on how to innovate, Carlin-style.
The key questions entrepreneurs ask
What some passionate tech founders asked themselves as they launched their businesses—a primer on the art of asking questions that spark innovation.
