WWWWW&H
Why? What? Where? When? Who? and How?
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A collection of better questions to get better answers.
by shashaank · updated 2mo ago
WWWWW&H
- Phrases to useWhat makes you ask?What about ____ is important to you?How can I help make this better for us?How would you like me to proceed?What is it that brought us into this situation?How can we solve the problem?What’s the objective / What are we trying to accomplish here?How am I supposed to do that?
from Yanda's Negotiation Cheat Sheet by Yan-David Erlich
shashaank added 2mo ago
Some questions that I’ve found to be very effective in one-on-ones: If we could improve in any way, how would we do it? What’s the number-one problem with our organization? Why? What’s not fun about working here? Who is really kicking ass in the company? Whom do you admire? If you were me, what changes would you make? What don’t you like about the
... See morefrom The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
shashaank added 2mo ago
There will be a small group of “What” and “How” questions that you will find yourself using in nearly every situation. Here are a few of them: What are we trying to accomplish? How is that worthwhile? What’s the core issue here? How does that affect things? What’s the biggest challenge you face? How does this fit into what the objective is?
from Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
shashaank added 2mo ago
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