15 Questions that Invent the Future
Progress is the answer to a question. If you feel stuck, you have aspiration without progress. But the right question re-ignites forward movement. If you want to invent the future, you must first… Continue reading
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How to Fuel Energy and Explore Possibility
The need for a quick solution prevents leaders from asking powerful questions. What if questions are more powerful than statements? Powerful questions: #1. Ignite curiosity. Curiosity comes before solution and innovation. You know… Continue reading
How to Find Solutions without Getting Sucked into Problems
Suppose a leader’s team chronically under-performs. How might you help? The beginning of transformation: Pain and frustration are opportunities for transformation. Success that breeds contentment destroys the future. Painful failure inspires openness… Continue reading
12 Questions that Make you Look Like a Genius During Job Interviews
The questions you ask reveal your concerns, values, aspirations, and priorities. The questions you ask reflect who you are. No questions indicate: Low engagement. Inactive brains. Fear of looking dumb. Lack of aspiration.… Continue reading
How Curiosity Leads You Astray and What to do When it Does
Not all questions express genuine curiosity. #1. Curiosity as resistance: Perfectly intelligent people feign ignorance as an act of subversive resistance. “When I don’t want to do something, I ask my boss lots… Continue reading
Dear Dan: How Can I Shut My Trap
Dear Dan, I lead a team of high capacity leaders and we all serve a recovering benevolent dictator, who himself is a dynamic catalyst and the reason for our organization’s growth. Anyway, I… Continue reading