«I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew). Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who. I send them over land and sea, I send them East and West; But after they have worked for me, I give them all a rest.»
Rudyard Kipling
Whenever we are working in an Innovative initiative ⚡️, we normally have more questions than answers.
Some large German companies place such a high value on powerful questions that they actually employ a ‘Direktor Grundsatzfragen’ – a Director of Fundamental Questions.
If you are interested in #criticalthinking and improving the quality of your #questions, I’m sharing with you some useful links:
🧠 The 5 Whys technique: developed by Toyota, it is a great way of figuring out what the root cause of an issue is. https://lnkd.in/dkwPD2ur
❤️ A more beautiful question: a great book on how to improve your questioning skills https://lnkd.in/dYs7qcaU
👑 The Art of Asking Great Questions: an article from HBR with some examples of how leaders at McKinsey, BCG or Deloitte come up with powerful questions. https://lnkd.in/d8NTuFTZ
What are your thoughts on improving your questioning skills?…