Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change

CONTENTS

Foreword

CHAPTER 1: Why Ask?

CHAPTER 2: Something’s Not Right: Diagnostic Questions

What’s the Problem?

“Miss Nosy”

The Mystery Patient

Bad News Is Good News

History Is News, Too

Challenge the Expert

After the Diagnosis, the Strategy

CHAPTER 3: The General’s Charge: Strategic Questions

Set Your Sights

A Strategic Approach

A General’s Command

Eight Yeses

Failure Is an Option

Getting Personal

Challenge Yourself

CHAPTER 4: From the Inside Out: Empathy Questions

The Good Professor

The Empathetic Interviewer

Therapeutic Inquiry

License and Limits

CHAPTER 5: The Gentle Interrogator: Bridging Questions

Get Them Talking

Solving Puzzles

Affirm and Acknowledge

Questions Without Question Marks

Echo Questions

Build the Bridge

CHAPTER 6: For the Record: Confrontational Questions

Care to Listen

Unintended Consequences

Demanding Answers

Confronting Power

An Audience Helps

No Way Out

Blunt Force

CHAPTER 7: Imagine This: Creativity Questions

Beyond the Possible

Travel in Time

Cutting Strings

Imagined Reality

Ask for Subversion

CHAPTER 8: The Solvable Problem: Mission Questions

Listening for Common Goals

The Value Proposition

Change the World

Sharing Works

What Brings You Here?

Asking to Listen

Solve Problems with Purpose

CHAPTER 9: Into the Unknown: Scientific Questions

The Doctor’s Quest

A Mystery Killer

Cultures Clash

Test but Verify

Stretch Yourself

Slow Answers to Slow Questions

CHAPTER 10: The Edison Test: Interview Questions

Hunting the Best Heads

Look Back, Look Ahead

Finding Innovation

Be Ready for the Curveball

The Candid Candidate

Asking for the Team

Interview the Interviewer

Bright Ideas

CHAPTER 11: The Inspired Host: Entertaining Questions

Set the Stage, Set the Tone

You’re On!

Supper with Socrates

Asking for Laughs

A Host of Questions

CHAPTER 12: Lessons for Life: Legacy Questions

Seeking Context

Why Didn’t I Ask?

The Rabbi

Facing Failure

In Search of Meaning

Asking for Life

CHAPTER 13: I’m Glad I Asked

The Justice of Citizenship

Ask to Lead

Poems of Humanity

Always Asking

Profane and Profound

Question Guide

Diagnostic Questions

Strategic Questions

Empathy Questions

Bridging Questions

Confrontational Questions

Creativity Questions

Mission Questions

Scientific Questions

Interview Questions

Entertaining Questions

Legacy Questions

Index

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