The option is to focus more than ever on three core strategy questions that can help provide us with focus and stability even as the turbulence increases around us – and help us to prioritize where we need to respond and where we don’t. That’s why it’s more critical than ever to be able to answer this question clearly and compellingly, for ourselves and the people we want to reach. This is a relatively new, but increasingly important, strategic question. MORE
To question status updates that may contain a hint of shift? To think is to be intentional about questioning our predictions. In all things, focus the mind on questioning its assumptions, its expectations. To think is to question. What do you question today MORE
” So, it’s 1982 and you have a programming question. I left a message along the lines of “I’m a random stranger with a basic question about a programming language you probably never heard of, so would you mind calling me back? MORE
Christopher A. Hart, chairman of the transportation safety board, recently said self-driving cars had great potential BUT the cars may be "challenging" for "drivers who are not highly trained and may be fatigued or distracted," according to a story in the New York Times by Neal E. Boudette. I thought being fatigued or distracted or "not highly trained" (e.g. elderly, children, those without a driver's license) was the Whole Point of the self-driving car. Yes, we will have a self-driving car. MORE
Teaching forces you to take a fresh look at the subjects you are covering, so I find myself revisiting questions I’ve long been thinking about: What is the essence of innovation in the digital economy and how does it differ from the industrial age innovation of the past two hundred years? MORE
Recently I received a series of provocative questions from a reader, and I thought it might be fruitful to release those answers in this space. On occasion, I receive emails and requests to meet regarding the contents of FLAT ARMY. I try to answer those requests as best I can. MORE
The problem is to know what questions to ask.”. The question is: how do we shape our structures for tomorrow? MORE
Ten questions for work that matters. Hints: Any question that's difficult to answer deserves more thought. Credit: Ten questions for work that matters by Seth Godin. Go on - take a moment now - run through the questions in your head and try to briefly answer each one By David Gurteen I do love Seth Godin's blog - almost every post is short and a gem. Here is a recent one. What are you doing that's difficult? What are you doing that people believe only you can do? MORE
I’ve spent just over a month on Quora , the so-called site that hosts a “ continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it.”. Opinions, not answers, to an open-ended question. It’s a Question and Opinion site. MORE
So I would accept and go along with brainstorming as no one else seemed to question it. So I am so pleased to see in this Newsweek article (via an interesting post by Johnnie Moore ) that people are questioning the method. There is a lot of fundamental things that we have long taken for granted that need questioning By David Gurteen When I was in corporate life, many things were inflicted on me that I either hated or felt very uncomfortable with. MORE
Hummingbirds come to our capacious feeder, sip for a few seconds, and then leave. But why would they ever leave? Do they have something better to do? If I set a trigger so that every time a hummingbird lands on our feeder, it plays a sound, can I then use that sound to assemble a hummingbird army? I’ll let you know. Geese are monogamous, but can they be seduced? What would it take? I’m thinking snails would just be an insult. It’d probably take a flamingo MORE
100 How can employees further strengthen their personal purpose? Personal purpose, in essence, is a lifetime journey. Many individuals make the mistake of. believing once they “find themselves” there is no need to further develop or strengthen their. personal purpose. MORE
To question status updates that may contain a hint of shift? To think is to be intentional about questioning our predictions. In all things, focus the mind on questioning its assumptions, its expectations. To think is to question. What do you question today MORE
When does being open minded , slip into being gullible ? Accepting creationism is clearly on the gullibility end of the scale, but an absolute rejection of any religion is a failure to be open minded (or at least that is my take, and it is Easter Sunday). Other examples? MORE
By David Gurteen In my work on Conversational Leadership I am researching and thinking about conversation and a big part of that work is about the power of questions to trigger meaningful conversations. So the question I have been asking myself is. What makes a powerful question?" There are everyday questions and then there are powerful questions. What is the purpose of a question? I have asked my question and received an answer. MORE
These are the questions that represent search's limit. Conversation Questions With Nancy's categories and looking the the limit of search, it suggests to me that there is opportunity to better define the conversation questions that are important for concept work. I'm not quite sure that I quite know what these are, but it feels like there are a set of questions that we should commonly ask as part of these conversations that are central to our work. MORE
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Questions There were some great questions during the session. Avoid the Culture Question 3. Great question. We wrapped up our free elearning webinar on Models for Learning in a New World. MORE
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By David Gurteen A big thank you to everyone who has given me feedback on "What makes a powerful question?" But note, I realize now that I was not entirely clear in my question :-). Rather than ask "What makes a powerful question?", I meant to ask "In triggering a conversation to explore an issue - what makes a powerful question?". How would one design or wordsmith such a question? MORE
[ IMAGE ]. Who buys this? Why did I buy it? Why would any major store give it shelf space? Can someone please get its lying jingle out of my head? (“Better coffee a millionaire’s money can’t buy.”). ”). Can someone please get its bitter tastelessness out of my mouth? MORE
Lance just asked everyone for the key questions they have given where they are. I'm about to present at the LMS session at DevLearn. I wanted to capture this to be able to come back and talk about a few of these items later: What are the benefits, ROI, outcomes to be expected from LMS implementation? What are the implementation, acquisition, options - insource, outsource, build vs. buy? What are the challenges and pitfalls of integrating with multiple learning sources? MORE
To question status updates that may contain a hint of shift? To think is to be intentional about questioning our predictions. In all things, focus the mind on questioning its assumptions, its expectations. To think is to question. What do you question today MORE
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Here’s some what I’m looking for right now. Any help is welcome. Topic 1: Advertising. Size of the advertising industry, both in the U.S. and worldwide. Sums of advertising of various types to which individuals are exposed every day. Breakouts and growth rates of advertising sectors. Online and mobile especially. Weaknesses and/or declines in advertising sectors. Hard numbers on click-through rates on various advertising types, and ratios to impressions. Trends as well. MORE
An interesting ethical debate about to arise on Wikipedia (or it will do when I wake up). Is a system which kills people by indifference as bad as a system which kills people deliberately? So choose: your economic system privileges individual choice above all else and people die by neglect, or near genocide when their lands are taken away from them by dubious economic transactions, or provocations produce revolt which justifies pacification. MORE
Nancy Dixon has ranted on A Rant on Are There Any Questions? I have suggested we dont give talks but hold conversations and like Nancy I have talked about Are There Any Questions? By David Gurteen. Johnnie Moore recently blogged that Q&A is not interaction. MORE
I was given a reminder of the promises I made regarding my talk next week, which has to do with the pedagogical underpinning for personal learning. Probably others have a much greater base of knowledge regarding pedagogy particularly, so I hesitate to offer models for specific situations. I would imagine people in the field have those well in hand. MORE
By asking the ‘magic’ question, we ask ourselves to step outside what we’ve known and believe is possible, and consider the options we’d have if we didn’t have the technological limitations. So, are you ready to ask the ‘magic’ question? A number of years ago, I wrote a paper about design, some of the barriers our cognitive architecture provides, and some heuristics I used to get around them. MORE
As part of my “gear up&# for Australia, Matt Moore and I agreed to do some blogging to start surfacing issues for conversation in our face to face events. MORE
Questions Related Topics Dave Snowden
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
The vexed question of certification came up in conversation yesterday. Muti-choice questions can never validate learning. The post The certification question appeared first on Cognitive Edge.
Doc Searls
JANUARY 25, 2018
Meanwhile, to help us focus on the geology questions, here is the final post-mudslide damage inspection map of Montecito: I left out Carpinteria, because of the four structures flagged there, three were blue (affected) and one was yellow (minor), and none were orange (major) or red (destroyed).
David Weinberger
AUGUST 11, 2013
Hummingbirds come to our capacious feeder, sip for a few seconds, and then leave. But why would they ever leave? Do they have something better to do? If I set a trigger so that every time a hummingbird lands on our feeder, it plays a sound, can I then use that sound to assemble a hummingbird army? I’ll let you know. Geese are monogamous, but can they be seduced? What would it take? I’m thinking snails would just be an insult. It’d probably take a flamingo
Doc Searls
APRIL 5, 2011
Art Quote Research QuestionSo I’d like to find authoritative sources for two Dorothy Parker quotes. Here’s the first: “I prefer the company of younger men. Their stories are shorter.&#. No idea where I got that one.
David Gurteen
DECEMBER 29, 2016
By David Gurteen A big thank you to everyone who has given me feedback on "What makes a powerful question?" But note, I realize now that I was not entirely clear in my question :-). Rather than ask "What makes a powerful question?", I meant to ask "In triggering a conversation to explore an issue - what makes a powerful question?". How would one design or wordsmith such a question?
Dan Pontefract
MAY 8, 2016
How can employees further strengthen their personal purpose? Personal purpose, in essence, is a lifetime journey. Many individuals make the mistake of. believing once they “find themselves” there is no need to further develop or strengthen their. personal purpose.
David Gurteen
OCTOBER 27, 2015
By David Gurteen In my work on Conversational Leadership I am researching and thinking about conversation and a big part of that work is about the power of questions to trigger meaningful conversations. So the question I have been asking myself is. What makes a powerful question?" There are everyday questions and then there are powerful questions. What is the purpose of a question? I have asked my question and received an answer.
Clark Quinn
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
By asking the ‘magic’ question, we ask ourselves to step outside what we’ve known and believe is possible, and consider the options we’d have if we didn’t have the technological limitations. So, are you ready to ask the ‘magic’ question? A number of years ago, I wrote a paper about design, some of the barriers our cognitive architecture provides, and some heuristics I used to get around them.
David Gurteen
APRIL 27, 2015
Nancy Dixon has ranted on A Rant on Are There Any Questions? I have suggested we dont give talks but hold conversations and like Nancy I have talked about Are There Any Questions? By David Gurteen. Johnnie Moore recently blogged that Q&A is not interaction.
Nine Shift
APRIL 2, 2017
The most common question I get asked about new passenger trains coming to the United States is, "Will it happen in my lifetime?". It is not just old people asking, people of all ages ask that question, We now have a new answer.
Dan Pontefract
JANUARY 17, 2011
I’ve spent just over a month on Quora , the so-called site that hosts a “ continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it.”. Opinions, not answers, to an open-ended question. It’s a Question and Opinion site.
Dave Snowden
JULY 22, 2010
An interesting ethical debate about to arise on Wikipedia (or it will do when I wake up). Is a system which kills people by indifference as bad as a system which kills people deliberately? So choose: your economic system privileges individual choice above all else and people die by neglect, or near genocide when their lands are taken away from them by dubious economic transactions, or provocations produce revolt which justifies pacification.
David Weinberger
OCTOBER 19, 2015
[ IMAGE ]. Who buys this? Why did I buy it? Why would any major store give it shelf space? Can someone please get its lying jingle out of my head? (“Better coffee a millionaire’s money can’t buy.”). ”). Can someone please get its bitter tastelessness out of my mouth?
Martijn Linssen
JANUARY 16, 2012
To question status updates that may contain a hint of shift? To think is to be intentional about questioning our predictions. In all things, focus the mind on questioning its assumptions, its expectations. To think is to question. What do you question today
Tony Karrer
APRIL 16, 2009
These are the questions that represent search's limit. Conversation Questions With Nancy's categories and looking the the limit of search, it suggests to me that there is opportunity to better define the conversation questions that are important for concept work. I'm not quite sure that I quite know what these are, but it feels like there are a set of questions that we should commonly ask as part of these conversations that are central to our work.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Teaching forces you to take a fresh look at the subjects you are covering, so I find myself revisiting questions I’ve long been thinking about: What is the essence of innovation in the digital economy and how does it differ from the industrial age innovation of the past two hundred years?
David Gurteen
DECEMBER 29, 2016
This ice-breaker session is driven by four 'ownership' questions from Peter Block. 14:00 - 15:00 Are challenging questions more powerful than answers? Peter Block's four ownership questions. The four questions help reframe peoples' mindsets from a passive stance to a more interactive, engaging one By David Gurteen I run two interactive sessions at KM Asia in Hong Kong just before Christmas. 09:45 - 10:00 Connection before content.
Martijn Linssen
JANUARY 16, 2012
To question status updates that may contain a hint of shift? To think is to be intentional about questioning our predictions. In all things, focus the mind on questioning its assumptions, its expectations. To think is to question. What do you question today
Martijn Linssen
JANUARY 16, 2012
To question status updates that may contain a hint of shift? To think is to be intentional about questioning our predictions. In all things, focus the mind on questioning its assumptions, its expectations. To think is to question. What do you question today
Dave Snowden
APRIL 12, 2009
When does being open minded , slip into being gullible ? Accepting creationism is clearly on the gullibility end of the scale, but an absolute rejection of any religion is a failure to be open minded (or at least that is my take, and it is Easter Sunday). Other examples?
David Gurteen
JANUARY 26, 2016
Ten questions for work that matters. Hints: Any question that's difficult to answer deserves more thought. Credit: Ten questions for work that matters by Seth Godin. Go on - take a moment now - run through the questions in your head and try to briefly answer each one By David Gurteen I do love Seth Godin's blog - almost every post is short and a gem. Here is a recent one. What are you doing that's difficult? What are you doing that people believe only you can do?
Dan Pontefract
APRIL 6, 2015
Recently I received a series of provocative questions from a reader, and I thought it might be fruitful to release those answers in this space. On occasion, I receive emails and requests to meet regarding the contents of FLAT ARMY. I try to answer those requests as best I can.
David Weinberger
MARCH 29, 2013
” So, it’s 1982 and you have a programming question. I left a message along the lines of “I’m a random stranger with a basic question about a programming language you probably never heard of, so would you mind calling me back?
Nancy White
OCTOBER 30, 2009
Having been in the “online community&# world since around 1997, I have seen “community&# ebb and flow.
Nancy White
OCTOBER 28, 2009
I have fallen deeply in love with graphic facilitation and graphic recording at face to face events. As the person doing the graphics, I listen much more deeply. That is saying something for someone who often talks a lot. But more than that, I have found that images are: …negotiable.
Tony Karrer
NOVEMBER 5, 2007
Lance just asked everyone for the key questions they have given where they are. I'm about to present at the LMS session at DevLearn. I wanted to capture this to be able to come back and talk about a few of these items later: What are the benefits, ROI, outcomes to be expected from LMS implementation? What are the implementation, acquisition, options - insource, outsource, build vs. buy? What are the challenges and pitfalls of integrating with multiple learning sources?
David Gurteen
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
So I would accept and go along with brainstorming as no one else seemed to question it. So I am so pleased to see in this Newsweek article (via an interesting post by Johnnie Moore ) that people are questioning the method. There is a lot of fundamental things that we have long taken for granted that need questioning By David Gurteen When I was in corporate life, many things were inflicted on me that I either hated or felt very uncomfortable with.
Tony Karrer
NOVEMBER 30, 2007
I just wanted to alert folks that Learning Circuit's Big Question has been revived. I hope you'll join the party and submit your thoughts on the question: The Big Question for December is: What did you learn about learning in 2007?
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
JANUARY 4, 2010
I was given a reminder of the promises I made regarding my talk next week, which has to do with the pedagogical underpinning for personal learning. Probably others have a much greater base of knowledge regarding pedagogy particularly, so I hesitate to offer models for specific situations. I would imagine people in the field have those well in hand.
Andy McAfee
AUGUST 1, 2013
I’ll be kicking off the day by discussing ‘Big Data’s Three Questions.’ Just a quick note to let people know that I’ll be speaking at three events over the next two weeks as part of Oracle’s Big Data At Work series. Dates and places are.
Doc Searls
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
Here’s some what I’m looking for right now. Any help is welcome. Topic 1: Advertising. Size of the advertising industry, both in the U.S. and worldwide. Sums of advertising of various types to which individuals are exposed every day. Breakouts and growth rates of advertising sectors. Online and mobile especially. Weaknesses and/or declines in advertising sectors. Hard numbers on click-through rates on various advertising types, and ratios to impressions. Trends as well.
Nine Shift
JANUARY 21, 2013
Are we clueless in 2013 about an impending crisis? In 1913 almost all of Europe was comfortable and complacent - - and clueless. Clueless about the impending world war in 1914 and the destruction of hierarchical monarchies and the fight for democracy and the rising working and middle classes.
John Hagel
JULY 9, 2013
The option is to focus more than ever on three core strategy questions that can help provide us with focus and stability even as the turbulence increases around us – and help us to prioritize where we need to respond and where we don’t. That’s why it’s more critical than ever to be able to answer this question clearly and compellingly, for ourselves and the people we want to reach. This is a relatively new, but increasingly important, strategic question.
Nine Shift
JULY 29, 2016
Christopher A. Hart, chairman of the transportation safety board, recently said self-driving cars had great potential BUT the cars may be "challenging" for "drivers who are not highly trained and may be fatigued or distracted," according to a story in the New York Times by Neal E. Boudette. I thought being fatigued or distracted or "not highly trained" (e.g. elderly, children, those without a driver's license) was the Whole Point of the self-driving car. Yes, we will have a self-driving car.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
MARCH 17, 2011
I was asked to provide some initial recommendations for that initiative, in the form of responses to five questions. In its 2010 Speech from the Throne , the Government of Ontario, Canada announced its intention to create an Ontario Online Institute (OOI) to support online learning in the province as part of the Open Ontario Plan. This is my response. ( PDF Version ) What is the biggest challenge facing online and distance learning in general today?
Tony Karrer
AUGUST 26, 2009
Questions There were some great questions during the session. Avoid the Culture Question 3. Great question. We wrapped up our free elearning webinar on Models for Learning in a New World.
Nancy White
OCTOBER 23, 2009
As part of my “gear up&# for Australia, Matt Moore and I agreed to do some blogging to start surfacing issues for conversation in our face to face events.
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