I know this will definitely date me, but Detective Columbo from the TV series of the 1970s was a role model for me in his willingness to ask the basic questions that made him look foolish. Often times, not only did it help to cement his understanding, it also revealed how much the person he asked really understood the situation themselves, or perhaps were even misrepresenting the situation. Thank you for the great resource!
Excellent stuff! I re- read it to check, but couldn't find the intervention that asks "did we just make a decision? ". Useful to prompt the minute taker when things get blurry.
Great to see a post about questions. Questions are curiosity. Questions are critical thinking. The quality of the questions determines the quality of the answers. The quality of the questioning depends on the perception of the problem. That's what paves the way for better solutions.
I know this will definitely date me, but Detective Columbo from the TV series of the 1970s was a role model for me in his willingness to ask the basic questions that made him look foolish. Often times, not only did it help to cement his understanding, it also revealed how much the person he asked really understood the situation themselves, or perhaps were even misrepresenting the situation. Thank you for the great resource!
Big fan of Detective Columbo here!!
Excellent stuff! I re- read it to check, but couldn't find the intervention that asks "did we just make a decision? ". Useful to prompt the minute taker when things get blurry.
Great addition, I'd add in bucket #4 "The mirror".
Great to see a post about questions. Questions are curiosity. Questions are critical thinking. The quality of the questions determines the quality of the answers. The quality of the questioning depends on the perception of the problem. That's what paves the way for better solutions.
I have a favourite question that doesn’t appear on the list:
Is that just your opinion, or do we have any data that supports that conclusion?
Is there a pocket size….? 😉
Okay be honest. Did you write this using AI?
Oh much more than that. I used a sophisticated mix, masterfully orchestrated, of my brain, an LLM, my phone, and 20 years of on-field experience.
Fantastic news because your brain sounds just like a computer. Coughing up quotes from Stephen Covey and Peter Drucker.
“Nulla dies sine linea” Nulla not nullo. Dies has an ‘s’. My Latin teacher would be so proud.