Warren Berger's Blog, page 13
October 17, 2012
Questions from the crowd
It was an unusual sight: At the October 16 presidential town-hall debate, everyday people taking on the role, just for a moment, of master questioner. So what were the best questions?
October 11, 2012
How will you measure your life?
A business guru raises interesting questions about work, family, and faith What happens when one of the business world’s top thinkers applies lessons of business innovation to the subject of how to live a better life? You end up with a book that’s not your typical self-help book. A couple of years back, Clayton Christensen—well-known...
September 24, 2012
Welcome to the Age of Adaptability
People who used to be comfortably ensconced in the role of “expert” didn’t have to question; they had the answers, they possessed the knowledge. But what happens when you live in a time when much of that knowledge is subject to constant change, revision, or even obsolescence? Well, then you can’t be a comfortable expert anymore—you must be a restless learner.
September 21, 2012
A blueprint for reinventing our schools
I caught up with Nikhil Goyal in the midst of whirlwind promotional efforts for his new book, One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School, and asked him a few questions about education, questioning, and being a young author.
September 16, 2012
The power of “Vuja De”
Can a shift in perspective help us to become better questioners? I’ll be exploring vuja de as part of a larger discussion of how we can get ourselves to step back and look at the world around us differently, so that we can ask better questions... and get better answers.
Beginning great questions with “How Might We”
My article in Harvard Business Review explores the power of 3 little words Have gotten a terrific response to my article “The Secret Phrase Top Innovators Use,” appearing on the HBR Blog Network. Click on the above link to read the piece and view the thoughtful comments readers have posted there, or read the article...
September 4, 2012
How do we put the ‘cool’ in school?
Some interesting questions about education, raised by (of all people) actor Tony Danza, who has written a provocative new book about his year teaching at a public high school in Philadelphia.
What’s it all about?
Hal David, the lyricist of Alfie and so many other songs, asked some deep questions.
August 26, 2012
Samsung’s “Beautiful Question” moment
The message to companies following the recent patent judgment: You won’t be able to continue to just play follow-the-leader behind Apple. Now is a good time for everyone—Apple included—to step back and consider some bold questions about their future paths.
August 23, 2012
Take ownership of your questions
It’s one thing to ask great questions. But what do you do with those questions, once you’ve raised them? Do you just forget about them, and move on? Or do you act upon them?
