People in the news using beautiful questions
When you’re a questionologist, you can’t help spotting beautiful questions in your reading. What are beautiful questions? To me, any question that causes people to shift their thinking is a beautiful one. Below are a few I found by chance in the news, and tweeted over the past few years.
Let me know when you find any in your reading.
“An awesome exploration into the future of philanthropy.” How disruption in the #philanthropy world by @ScottHarrison CEO at @CharityWater started with a few #BeautifulQs. By @DGelles at @NYTimes @neilparikh @Casperhttps://t.co/ap4pEp1Xn0 pic.twitter.com/J9Odr6mxB7
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) April 15, 2019
#BeautifulQs abound in this great #education reform story by @jal_mehta & @sarahmfine in @nytopinion, incl. “How might we make what happens *before* the bell more like what happens after it?” Read more: https://t.co/HEtM65dqLL #curiosity #edchat pic.twitter.com/h2ncM5Cpd5
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) March 31, 2019
Steven #Soderbergh is a creative beautiful questioner who truly understands the value of #feedback. https://t.co/dAp46cgabU via @Vulture/@NYMag/@BrianRaftery #beautifulqs #creativity #questions #HighFlyingBird pic.twitter.com/M0ZyMs3fUX
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) March 1, 2019
The @NYTimes #obituary section frequently tells the life stories of those who were grabbed by a beautiful question early on and then spent a lifetime pursuing it, often to great acclaim and success. In prof. & scholar Nina Baym’s obit by @genznyt her #BeautifulQ is front & center pic.twitter.com/NRr6J32PUi
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) June 26, 2018
The interesting start-up @TidalNewYork is happening in #Westchester down the road from me. In true #BeautifulQuestion fashion Tommy and Tim Gibb started with one BQ and now are in pursuit of a new one. Via @AlysonBKrueger & https://t.co/gi5JhcoPSC #MADEBY #TidalNY pic.twitter.com/6oDH64LW0M
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) June 2, 2018
The #1 movie #AQuietPlace started with a #BeautifulQ. Via @NYTimesArts‘s intvw with @JohnKrasinski. https://t.co/IWfx1KQGSB @quietplacemovie pic.twitter.com/ZPyBYZP3la
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) April 10, 2018
This feel-good story from @NYTimes re: @DonorsChoose, @Ripple, and some v. happy teachers features a CEO’s (@CharlesBest) #BeautifulQ. “How to Get $29 Million for Classroom Projects? Just Ask” https://t.co/iv8slX2tCw pic.twitter.com/q9NjAWWW59
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) April 8, 2018
The #Parkland students have been using the power of #questions to challenge the status quo. Astute article by @HenryGrabar: https://t.co/8usAwRRzcS via @slate pic.twitter.com/vED1qqwCyJ
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) February 23, 2018
This #BeautifulQ by Robert H. Frank @econnaturalist is designed to make people step back & see the larger picture. https://t.co/Vhf1jLcXAl #TaxReform pic.twitter.com/McG8FvsIoS
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) November 27, 2017
Wrapping up his @NYTCornerOffice #CEO column, Adam Bryant notes successful #leaders “tend to question everything.” https://t.co/JasHlUUrrS pic.twitter.com/FBPwH94JYW
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) October 28, 2017
Andrew Lack @NBC understood the power of a #question when wooing @MegynKelly for his network. https://t.co/zhOkTbFBec pic.twitter.com/cbVXyGJvhp
— Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) January 4, 2017
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