Great questions

Can we re-frame this in terms of the customer’s problem?
What’s the soonest we could get this done?
What would you need to get this done tomorrow instead of next week?
What would we need to do to get twice as many customers? Ten times as many customers?
How does this relate to our goal? Is this the most important thing we can do for our goal?
What’s

love asking people: - what their “endgame” is - what they’re borderline overconfident about - what they’d want to do if they knew they’d be successful at it - what their fighting style is - what outfit they’d wear everyday if no one would notice they... See more

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Why Am I Talking? (W.A.I.T.)

adrienne maree brown Emergent Strategy

Questions to ask your boss

What do you think are the 3 biggest issues for our team right now?⇒ Shows big-picture thinking and caring about the team’s success
My top 3 priorities are X, Y and Z — do you feel they’re the most impactful way for me to spend my time? ⇒ Shows desire to have impact and work on the most important things
I noticed X happened

‘What would this look like if it were easy?
Tim Ferris

7 Lenses

Ask: What would this look like if it were true?
Ask: What does this look like from above?
Ask: What is someone else’s experience with this?
Ask: What is the best argument for this?
Ask: What is the strongest counter-argument against this?
Ask: How can this be approached with unconventional methods?
Ask: How would this issue change if scaled up or

Dream big questions:

‘What would I be like/spend my time doing if all my current major problems had been solved?’
‘What are the things I say I value but don’t act as if I value, and what would my life feel like on inside if I actually acted as if I valued those things?’
‘What am I afraid of doing, and what would my life be like if I wasn’t afraid of