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How to Ask Better Questions
“Literature is the question minus the answer.” [Roland Barthes] Our questions reveal our real intent more than we suspect. There is such a thing as a leading question —a statement camouflaged as question by the inflection, or a lazy question, for example “who is going to win?” “The future is the intersection of choice and interruptions,”…
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How to Learn to Think Better
We are increasingly called to make decisions with often imperfect information or not enough data. We are also under pressure to choose more frequently — a product, a service, but also a course of action to recommend at work — often without enough mental space to consider options. The better we are at learning to…
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The Art of the Interview
Do you read interviews? I could argue successfully that publishing interviews can go either way in terms of interest. Two ingredients to a good conversation are a subject that has done interesting things, and has an intriguing point of view, and a set of questions that demonstrate the interviewer is interested in exploring some of…