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Apr 30, 2007

"If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes." --Albert Einstein

The Art of Powerful Questions

When was the last time you sat through a meeting and said to yourself, "This is a complete waste of time!"? Was it yesterday, or even just a few hours ago? Why did that gathering feel so tedious? Perhaps it’s because the leaders posed the wrong questions at the start of the session. Or, worse yet, maybe they didn’t ask any engaging questions, and as a result, the meeting consisted of boring reports-outs or other forms of one-way communication that failed to engage people’s interest or curiosity. Juanita Brown, founder of the global World Cafe movement and someone who engaged in grassroots activism with Cesar Chavez, is co-author of an insightful article on crafting powerful questions. Snippets from 'The Art of Powerful Questions: Catalyzing Insight, Innovation, and Action', and a link to the full article, can be found here.