From there, I have a few go-to questions that I have found create reliably engaging discourse:

• What's your connection to [insert current place or event]?

• What are you most excited about currently?

• What's lighting you up outside of work?

• What’s your favorite book you’ve read recently?

Note: Always avoid "What do you do?" as a question. It's

Good conversation tips:

• “If we had 5 mins left, what would you want to have had covered” gets to the meat earlier

• “Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the one reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”

• “What would the best version of yourself do”?

• When someone confronts you w/ a problem they have with you

  • What I heard was