Tools & Practices

Questions are more transformative than answers….. they are the tools of engagement.

“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 5 minutes” - Albert Einstein

A great question has three qualities:
Excerpted from: Community. - The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block

It is ambiguous. There is no attempt to try to precisely define what is meant by the question. This requires each person to bring their own, personal meaning into the room.

It is personal. All passion, commitment, and connection grow out of what is most personal. We need to create space for the personal.

It evokes anxiety. All that matters makes us anxious. It is our wish to escape from anxiety that steals our aliveness. If there is no edge to the question, there is no power.

Here are some questions that have the capacity to open the space for a different future.
What is the commitment you hold that brought you into this room?
What is your contribution to the very thing you complain about?
What are the gifts you hold that have not yet been brought into the world?