| Communities Resolving Our Problems: the basic idea | ||
| [SUP: Finding Problems] | [THINK: Shaping Problems] | [LEAP: Solving Problems] |
In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; in cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! Natalie Sleeth
THINK: Shaping Questions
Time for Deeper Reflection?To grow, both as individuals and as communities, we must reveal problems within the culture that surrounds us and grow teams that will address them. How do we develop our thinking to forge the best questions and the best answers? |
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| To best shape the question means choosing a form of the question or problem that leads to the best way to solve the problem. We are challenged as leaders and as learners at each stage of problem processing to continually push out against the boundaries of our prior education and to frame problems in useful ways. Even the simplest of procedures such as Questioning Your Notes can be used to support an array of thinking skills. |
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Bibliography
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- VanGundy, Arthur B. (2007). Getting to Innovation: How Asking the Right Questions Generates the Great Ideas Your Company Needs. AMACOM.
- Nadler, Gerald and Chandon, William ( 2004), Smart Questions: Learn to Ask the Right Questions for Powerful Results. Jossey-Bass.