Hal Gregersen is the Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center, a Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a prolific author and a motivational speaker. Ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the world’s fifty most innovative minds, he has authored or coauthored ten books, including the bestselling The Innovator’s DNA, written with Jeff Dyer and Clayton Christensen. His latest book is called ‘Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life’.
In this episode, we cover:
3:56 – How to ask catalytic questions
4:33 – The quest for better questions
6:20 – The role of answers
8:48 – The five why’s
10:06 – Question bursts exercise
12:28 – Reframing the question
14:58 – Pixar Braintrust and Disney Storytrust
17:37 – The question Steve Jobs asked Jony Ive every day
18:30 – Why good questions are recursive
19:20 – The benefits of quiet reflection
26:24 – Primary or Keystone Questions
Resources mentioned in this episode:
halgregersen.com
Tools: 424 Project
Book: The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier
Album: Shut Up And Dance by Walk The Moon
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