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Airbnb’s $10 billion valuation all started with a Beautiful Question.
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In my research for the book A More Beautiful Question, I interviewed more than a hundred innovators, entrepreneurs, artists, and creative thinkers—all of whom tend to use questioning as a central part of their work. I also drew from the writing and research of well-known questioners who are no longer alive, but whose influence lives on.
So what can we learn from these “Master Questioners,” past and present? A lot. They provide great insights and examples on how to tackle challenges by asking great questions. And they remind us that the smartest, most successful people are not the ones who think they have all the answers. Some of my articles, profiles and interviews with these “Master Questioners” can be seen below. (And the complete list of all the questioners—individuals and organizations featured in A More Beautiful Question—is in the sidebar.)
What is a Beautiful Question?
A question could be considered “beautiful” for all kinds of reasons. Here’s mine….
Warren Berger’s Books on Questioning
Three “beautiful question” books filled with essential questions and inspiration…
What’s your “Inquiry Quotient”?
Think you’re already a good questioner? See where you rank.
Why Should You Care About Questioning?
The importance of questioning in school, business, and daily life.
Freebies, Anyone?
Promotions, contests, merchandise, and free things….
What Can We Learn from “Master Questioners?”
A lot. Insights, examples, inspiration…
Quotes About Questioning
Many famous people have opined on the rich topic of questioning.
What’s Your Beautiful Question?
A list of reader-submitted Beautiful Questions, and send us yours.
Why should you be stuck without a bed if I’ve got an extra air mattress? {AMBQ Excerpt}
Airbnb’s $10 billion valuation all started with a Beautiful Question.
If we were kicked out of the company, what do you think the new CEO would do?
Facing disruptive change.
If they can put a man on the moon, why can’t they make a decent foot?
A decades-long journey by a water-skier.
“Today, we can’t afford to become adults”
MIT’s Joichi Ito’s thoughts on change, questioning, and childlike wonder
Is questioning the starting point of creativity?
Neuroscientist Susan Greenfied offers a view inside the creative mind.
Eric Ries: What if everyone in the company could answer their own questions?
Eric Ries and the role of questioning within the Lean Startup methodology.
“Neoteny”: How can we release the 5-year-old questioner inside all of us?
LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner and Albert Einstein
What happened when young Woz asked “Why”
Steve Wozniak has lots of stories. But the ones I found most interesting have to do with Wozniak’s curiosity as a boy. When he would ask his engineer father questions, the answers changed Wozniak’s world. Whose world have you changed lately?
“What Kills Questioning?,” a short trailer for my first book on questioning, A MORE BEAUTIFUL QUESTION.
What’s Inside “The Book of Beautiful Questions?” (book trailer)
Encouraging Questioning in the Classroom • Want to find out more? Visit QuestionWeek.com
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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.
What should I read? What should I watch?
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.
People in the news using beautiful 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.
Warren on the web