Caffeine for the Soul with Michael Neill Innocent Inquiry
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Sep 15, 2025 Discover the art of 'Innocent Inquiry' and how it can transform your conversations. Learn the power of open-ended questions that invite meaningful insights without bias. Engage with simple guidelines that enhance connections and promote gentle impacts on others. This approach encourages genuine curiosity, helping you to understand what people truly think and feel.
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Questions Often Teach Not Learn
- We often ask questions to make a point rather than to learn something new.
- Michael Neill highlights that many questions are deliberate interventions, not innocent inquiry.
The Wondering Exercise
- Michael Neill describes a coach-training exercise called the wondering exercise with groups of three.
- Two people eavesdrop and genuinely wonder aloud, which often sparks insights in the person being overheard.
Eavesdropping Can Spark Insight
- Overhearing genuine curiosity can trigger the same insight in the person whose story is being considered.
- Innocent inquiry leverages perspective-shifts rather than problem-solving tactics.