Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions! Bill Reed
"Here's the trick I've learned. Ask a question and listen to the answer." - Bill Reed
Bill Reed has an impressive resume filled with leadership roles across companies such as Intuit and Northwestern Mutual in the financial arena and Sweet Fish Media, helping B2B marketers produce personality-led content. Currently, he is assisting Dwellspring to capitalize on the success of the 12-hour Sound Machine Podcast, with over 1.3M unique listeners per week, to help worldwide listeners get better rest.
A consistent theme throughout his career is dedicating himself to serving others by intentionally nurturing relationships through creative and engaging methods.
The discussion delves into how questions have shaped Bill’s parenting, leadership, and mentoring approach, emphasizing the importance of curiosity and intentional relationship-building. We also explore the impact of effective questioning in meetings and mentoring relationships, focusing on Bill's current endeavors and insights into fostering a culture of transparency and authentic inquiry.
This Curated Questions episode can be found on all major platforms and at CuratedQuestions.com.
Keep questioning!
Episode Notes
[00:49] Meet Bill Reed: A Journey of Leadership and Curiosity
[02:01] The Power of Questions in Parenting
[04:09] The Art of Asking Questions
[07:52] Building a Culture of Inquiry
[15:51] Mentorship and the Role of Questions
[24:13] The Importance of Curiosity and Lifelong Learning
[31:31] The Value of Mentorship and Sacrifice
[44:08] The Wise Thing to Do
[45:12] Empowering Self-Discovery
[49:48] The Art of Asking Questions
[52:55] Curiosity and Connection
[01:00:50] Right Now Questions
[01:07:41] The Dwellspring Sleep Podcast Success
[01:18:08] Final Thoughts and Encouragements
Resources Mentioned
Lynn Borton of Choose to be Curious
William (Bill) Reed at LinkedIn
Bill Reed email William@Dwellspring.io
Questions Asked
When did you first understand the power of questions?
What's reasonable, what's fair?
How have you changed your questions as the kids have gotten older?
Was curiosity something your parents encouraged?
What would a growing up look like, did your parents foster that?
What is the problem to be solved?
Why are we here?
what is your question?
Should we hire a new director of marketing?
What have you done to build a culture where questioning up front is seen as an invitation, vice weaponization, and potential judgment?
How do we move from failure to success?
were there any particular things that you discovered that helped ease that process to developing that culture?
What are some of those lessons learned about being able to ask helpful questions and not just abrasive questions?
What if we spend 4 million doing that, what does that look like?
Where have been some consistencies and perhaps some differences between how those either worlds operate within the realm of questions?
Is there anything that you could say to your 30-year-old self that would apply or accept today's wisdom?
Do you think that your 30-year-old self would've listened?
What did mentoring look like, and how might your mentors use questions as you've gone through those different phases and seasons of life?
Is anyone here a mentor?
So when you say that, what does that look like, or what comes to mind for you?
Can I buy you a cup of coffee?
Are there any particular questions that you have found helpful as you've been on either side of that mentoring relationship?
How are you doing?
What's on your mind?
What's going on in your life?
Based on your past experiences, your current circumstances, and your future hopes and dreams, what's the wise thing to do?
What do you want them to say?
One day people will gather to celebrate your life. They'll either have a deep well to draw from, or they'll have to make stuff up. And what do you want them to say is the question?
How did that happen?
How did that make you feel?
Are you really interested in people?
What is your curiosity practice?
What did you just do, you stole the opportunity for them?
What are your Right Now Questions?
What breaks your heart?
What makes you angry and why?
What are you passionate about?
What if a podcast was 12 hours long?
Why can't we do it this way?