good questions
on the art of asking questions, as well as examples of good questions to use in all areas of your life - team building, interviewing, improving relationships, research, and more
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good questions
Neil Postman's questions to ask of a new technology:
What is the problem to which this technology is the solution?
Whose problem is it?
What new problems might result from solving this problem?
Which people and institutions might be harmed by this solution?... See more
I’m no longer content to ask, “What do you think about X?” Instead, I ask, “How did you come to believe X?”
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
Life is a series of problems to be analyzed and addressed. How do we fix our failing schools? How do we reduce violence? These problem-centered questions are usually the wrong ones to ask. They focus on deficits, not gifts. A problem conversation tends to focus on one moment in time—the moment when a student didn’t graduate from high school, the... See more
David Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
The 1000 word Save Wisdom Questions. – SaveWisdom.org
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1000 questions designed to interview someone about their early life, formative experiences, values, perspectives, and challenges.
What have I enjoyed the most over the last 3.5 years? What was it about those things that I enjoyed?
With an empty calendar, what am I drawn to? How do I want to spend my time?
Who have I learned the most from? Who do I want to learn from? What kind of games could we play together?
What are the rituals I need to develop to continue being able to
How can I thrive while operating contrary to dominant social and cultural trends?
The experts all agree: the trend, they say, is your friend.
All you need to do is identify it, and then you ride it out. And, true enough, I’ve watched thousands of people make a buck doing just that. If you are active in the arts, that may be the single most obvious... See more
The experts all agree: the trend, they say, is your friend.
All you need to do is identify it, and then you ride it out. And, true enough, I’ve watched thousands of people make a buck doing just that. If you are active in the arts, that may be the single most obvious... See more
Ted Gioia • My 12 Favorite Problems
Faster. If I had to go from start to finish in half the time, what would I do?
Slower. If I could afford to spend double the time on it, what would I do?
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