An innovation answer is a seductive illusion. We all want to come up with quick, easy solutions to our complicated problems, but answers don’t actually provide resolution. That’s because, in the world ...

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Question wording is a crucial element of reading and dissecting a poll. The wording of each question and the order they’re asked in are extremely important factors in how respondents consider ...

It’s a common assumption that highly intelligent people have it easier than the rest of the world, yet being smart doesn’t shield people from tough times. Being smart often means being misunderstood, ...

“My mother made me a scientist,” recalled physicist Isidor Rabi, Nobel Prize laureate. “‘Izzy,’ she would say, ‘did you ask a good question today?’” Another Nobel laureate, Elie Wiesel, has likewise ...

Readers intent on enlightening me often send me books and essays written by them or, less often, others. Now and then one of these offerings grabs my attention before I hit “delete.” A recent example: ...

This blog is a bit of a departure for me. While I like to write about topics most people can easily relate to, this piece gets to the heart of many personal feelings, thoughts, and beliefs. Yet, ...

Brainstorming has a much more effective cousin that’s not different in practice but is incredibly different in outcome. It’s called “questionstorming.” I first learned about questionstorming in my ...

The best leaders don’t engage in monologues; they stimulate conversations. They understand conversations are not competitions to be won, but opportunities to enrich, inspire, challenge, illuminate and ...

Job interviews are exciting and anxiety-inducing at the very same time: Landing one means you’ve made it past the initial application stage, but it also means preparing for those all-too-familiar ...