Better Questions than “Any Questions?”
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Better Questions than “Any Questions?”
• What's relevant?
• What questions should we be asking?
• What's the most important thing?
• What would make you a little more uncomfortable?
• What would be your first move as CEO?
• What is the world telling you?
• How could you put yourself out of business?
• What should we start, stop, and continue?
• How much time have you thought about your team tod... See more
• What questions should we be asking?
• What's the most important thing?
• What would make you a little more uncomfortable?
• What would be your first move as CEO?
• What is the world telling you?
• How could you put yourself out of business?
• What should we start, stop, and continue?
• How much time have you thought about your team tod... See more
/// 100 QUESTIONS /// to gain clarity via Alex Morris:
Why are we doing this?
Ask that of yourself and the team with regularity.
What’s the simplest explanation?
What reaction should all the creative achieve?
What’s your most controversial opinion?
What little frictions exist that might bleed out the work if allowed to compo
Instead of vaguely asking if anyone has “any questions?”, be more specific and encourage them to ask questions which are relevant to exactly what you just talked about (and include a helpful reminder about what those things are)
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Notice that some of these questions are abstract, while others are concrete. Some express deep longings, while others are more like spontaneous interests. Many are questions about how to live a better life, while a few are focused on how to succeed professionally. The key to this exercise is to make them open-ended questions that don’t necessarily
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Don't be brilliant. Be curious. Questions beget questions. Ideas beget ideas.
From Jay Acunzo’s newsletter ‘Better ideas in less time’
Some questions
Who’s it for?
What’s it for?
What change do you seek to make?
What’s the hard part?
If you could learn one skill that would help your project, what would it be?
How can you tell if it’s working?
Would it be easier if you had help?
Would it be easier to make an impact if you were willing to give up credit or control?
Does this project matter?
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Who’s it for?
What’s it for?
What change do you seek to make?
What’s the hard part?
If you could learn one skill that would help your project, what would it be?
How can you tell if it’s working?
Would it be easier if you had help?
Would it be easier to make an impact if you were willing to give up credit or control?
Does this project matter?
... See more
Some questions
Instead of asking: "Do you have any questions?", ask "What questions do you have?"
The first almost always results in silence, while the second helps people feel comfortable asking questions.
Stay curious. Improve the quality of questions before getting to work on answers. Use more questions to see beyond the obvious answers. Improve group dynamics by ensuring there is enough attention given to asking the right questions. Be interested.