
A Tool for These Uncertain Times
It is especially important in these times to embrace a “questioning mindset”—an attitude or disposition that is curious, open to new information, and willing to ask challenging questions.
When you’re a questionologist, you can’t help spotting beautiful questions in your reading. Below are a few I found by chance in the news.
You might be hesitant to ask questions of your bosses. But it’s important to do so because it enables you to be better at your job.
By being willing to ask ‘why,’ inquiring leaders can inspire others around them to do likewise. And as the questions proliferate, some good answers are likely to follow.
My immersive first-year reading experience at the University of South Carolina as the chosen book/author.
The curiosity and engagement unleashed by a questioning environment is undeniably powerful and lasting.
Expanding my original Edutopia story by offering up some of the insights and ideas from educators that couldn’t fit in the Edutopia piece—but that are well worth sharing.
My recent article on questioning as a quiet person’s superpower struck a chord with author Susan Cain who called it “The Best Networking Advice I’ve Seen Yet.”
Why do questions motivate us more than resolutions?
The 36 questions used in Arthur Aron’s experiment are wonderful examples of open-ended, deep questions. A discussion of the power of good questions to form lasting connections—even between strangers.
MIT’s Joichi Ito’s thoughts on change, questioning, and childlike wonder
Futurist John Seely Brown says “Yes!”
Neuroscientist Susan Greenfied offers a view inside the creative mind.
Airbnb’s $10 billion valuation all started with a Beautiful Question.
Facing disruptive change.
These are unusual times; everyone I know is doing a lot more reading and binge-watching than usual and they’re all (myself included) looking for suggestions.
A new art form is flourishing—the art of visualizing talks. See how some skillful visual notetakers have made art out of my beautiful questions presentations.
“You should sue Google!” That half-joking suggestion was from a friend who’d seen a new TV ad for Google—a 1-minute ode to the power of a question.
Warren on the web