Great questions

7 Lenses

1. Ask: What would this look like if it were true?

2. Ask: What does this look like from above?

3. Ask: What is someone else’s experience with this?

4. Ask: What is the best argument for this?

5. Ask: What is the strongest counter-argument against this?

6. Ask: How can this be approached with unconventional methods?

7. Ask: How would this issue change if scaled up or

Big questions interrupt the daily routines people fall into and prompt them to step back and see their life from a distance. Here are some of my favorite questions that do that: “What crossroads are you at?” At any moment, most of us are in the middle of some transition. The question helps people focus on theirs. “What would you do if you weren’t

re: generative AI: why should anybody be expected to read something you couldn't be bothered to write?

Ask three people you trust to answer these questions about you:

• What is my impact in the world?

• In three words, what am I embodying?

• Where do you think I could grow?

adrienne maree brown — Emergent Strategy

For prioritization - via Matt Lerner

1. If this works, how big could it be?

2. What are the riskiest assumptions behind this idea?

3. What’s the quickest way we can test those assumptions?