Here are my favourite provocative questions - in different ways they all challenge thinking. They have often jolted teams and individuals to look at things quite differently. Be brave try one or two questions with your team!
● What single new idea would fix almost everything?
● How would exceptional managers see this?
● What other explanations might there be?
● Which would you prefer to fail at, and why?
● Why bother with this; why not keep things as they are?
● How do you know that is right?
● How would you have perceived things X years ago?
● What have you learned about yourself today?
● What about you stops you from doing what you would love to do?
● What is good, helpful about the problem?
● What are the implications of thinking that?
● What would you tell your child to think?
● Why is it a problem for you, but not for others?
● How/why has your thinking about this developed?
● How are those similar/different?
● What would you do, if you were not you?
Please contact me for ideas and advice on using the questions. It would be good to hear from you. There's a quick "Contact me" form on the left.
Peter
