294: Warren Berger - How To Ask More Beautiful Questions

Commonalities of sustaining excellence:

Intelligent... Smart
Hard-working
Ambitious
Humble -- This is a really important quality. No ego or arrogance. They admit when they are wrong. Willing to acknowledge when they're wrong. They are open to listening to others and their ideas.
Curiosity - They are not trapped by their own expertise. They are open minded, curious, looking around.
Able to adapt
Communication skill -- The willingness and ability to ask great questions

The genesis of becoming a questionoligist -- Warrens calls himself a questionoligist. The art and science of asking questions.

He originally was a journalist and developed a skill for asking questions doing that job.
"Questioning was a tool of the trade"

Warren was writing about design and the idea of questioning kept coming up with leaders in business.

The holy trinity of questioning:

Big open ended questions -- They are the stems

Questioning as a manager:

Find time to have the conversations and ask questions of your team members
Must be thoughtful and prepared
We've gotten out of the habit of being questioners, and now it's always about doing. "Slow down, ask questions. Why are we pursuing this strategy? Understand why?"