Exercises, meeting designs & questions
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What to ask your employees
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 · Topics: assessments, employee-assessments, questions
From David Baker at Recourses: David uses an online survey of employees to learn about the company he’ll be working with. These questions (which now ca. 14,000 employees have answered) have always yielded a rich trove of information. · Go to What to ask your employees →
Best appreciative questions
Saturday, August 28, 2010 · Topics: appreciative-inquiry, questions
What do you love about your life? Explore appreciative questions compiled by the Appreciative Inquiry list serve. · Read more →
Blame to accountability
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 · Topics: accountability, blame, failure, interpersonal-communication, questions
Questions to help shift from blaming others to focus on personal accountability as an opportunity for learning and growth · Read more →
Daddy, what’s a brand? and 9 more awkward questions for uncertain times
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 · Topics: brand-strategy, branding, down-economy, questions
From FastCompany · Go to Daddy, What’s a Brand? and 9 More Awkward Questions for Uncertain Times →
Ten tips and twenty questions for unleashing innovation
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 · Topics: innovation, questions
From Matthew May: Innovation is a huge topic, and you can slice and dice it in, well, tens of thousands of ways. Can such a large topic be boiled down to a few enduring principles and ten strategies in an 800-word column? Let’s try. · Go to Ten Tips and Twenty Questions for Unleashing Innovation →
Questions to ask about vendors when evaluating their products
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 · Topics: assessments, product-evaluations, questions
From Stephen Few: Good products are usually developed by good companies. It would be difficult for a bad company — one that is poorly run — to develop a good product. When we evaluate products, in addition to looking at the products themselves, we can learn useful facts that might not be obvious by asking a few questions about the companies that produce them. Here are a few questions you might want to ask about a software vendor when evaluating one of its products. · Go to Questions to Ask About Vendors When Evaluating Their Products →
Great questions list
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 · Topics: questions, storytelling
From StoryCorps: These questions are merely suggestions for getting a good conversation going. · Go to Great Questions List →
Question generator
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 · Topics: questions, storytelling
From StoryCorps: A section devoted to great questions. You can use our Question Generator tool (below) to create a list of questions to bring to your StoryCorps interview. You can also print out and use our great questions list. · Go to Question Generator →
