A more beautiful question the power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas /
"The Harvard Business Review looked at 300 of the most creative, successful executives in business and found that they shared a number of tendencies and characteristics, but one stood out at the top of the list--they all were master questioners. It's not necessity, but a question--a "...
| Main Author: | Berger, Warren, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Bloomsbury,
2016.
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| Physical Description: |
260 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction:
- Why questioning?
- Power of inquiry :
- If they can put a man on the moon, why can't they make a decent foot? ;
- What can a question do? ;
- What business are we in now, and is there still a job for me? ;
- Are questions becoming more valuable than answers? ;
- Is "knowing" obsolete? ;
- Why does everything begin with why? ;
- How do you move from asking to action?
- Why do we stop questioning? :
- Why do kids ask so many questions? (and how do we really feel about that?) ;
- Why does questioning fall off a cliff? ;
- Can a school be built on questions? ;
- Who is entitled to ask questions in class? ;
- If we're born to inquire, then why must it be taught? ;
- Can we teach ourselves to question?
- Why, what if, and how of innovative questioning :
- Why ... :
- Why do we have to wait for the picture? ;
- Why does stepping back help us move forward? ;
- Why did George Carlin see things the rest of us missed? ;
- Why should you be stuck without a bed if I've got an extra air mattress? ;
- Why must we "question to question?" ;
- What if ... :
- What if we could map the DNA of music? ;
- What if your brain is a forest, thick with trees? (and what if the branches touch?) ;
- What if you sleep with a question? (will you wake with an answer?) ;
- What if your ideas are wrong and your socks don't match? ;
- How ... :
- How can we give form to our questions? ;
- How do you build a tower that doesn't collapse (even after you put the marshmallow on top?) ;
- How can you learn to love a broken foot? ;
- How might we create a symphony together?
- Questioning in business :
- Why do smart businesspeople screw up? ;
- Why are we in business? (and by the way, what business are we really in?) ;
- What if our company didn't exist? ;
- What if we could become a cause and not just a company? ;
- How can we make a better experiment? ;
- If we brainstorm in questions, will lightning strike? ;
- Will anyone follow a leader who embraces uncertainty? ;
- Should mission statements be mission questions? ;
- How might we create a culture of inquiry?
- Questioning for life :
- Why should we "live the questions? ;
- Why are you climbing the mountain? ;
- Why are you evading inquiry? ;
- Before we "lean in," what if we stepped back? ;
- What if we start with what we already have? ;
- What if you made one small change? ;
- What if you could not fail? ;
- How might we pry off the lid and stir the paint? ;
- How will you find your beautiful question?