I recently had an interesting conversation with Charlie Herman, the host of Money Talking/WNYC.org, on the topic of questioning. The audio is pretty short—only 12 minutes—and you’ll see at the end that Herman challenges me on whether “appreciative inquiry” is direct and honest enough. Of course, I had to vouch for the power of a good, beautiful question. Check it out:
The accompanying WNYC blog post: http://www.wnyc.org/story/5-questions-shouldnt-ask/
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