Great questions

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?

Questions to ask your boss

1. 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

2. 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

3. I noticed X happened

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

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

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

adrienne maree brown Emergent Strategy

"What information, if we had it, would make this decision easy?"

Then: "What's the quickest way we can get that information?"

(Via Matt Lerner)

Confronting questions:

• Which of my current views would change if my incentives were different?

• Which of my current views would I disagree with if I were born in a different country or generation?

• What do I think is true but is actually just good marketing?

• What do I ignore because it’s too painful to accept?

• Who has the right answers but I ignore

What’s the question behind the question?