A while back I wrote this short post entitled The Secret to Unlearning in Seven Words. The seven words are "Give up on answers. Stay with questions." I just finished reading a wonderful article from Clayton Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life? In it, he writes this: "When people ask what I think they [...]
Asking a new question is a great way to unlearn. It can also spark creativity and help you see the world from a new and different perspective. One of the better questions to ask those around you -- or at the beginning of any meeting -- is this: What haven't I heard before? (If you [...]
That's not possible. It's a dumb idea. We've already tried that. That won't work. We need more resources. We need more money. We need more time. I'm not skilled -- or smart -- enough. There are a million reasons why we shouldn't try or do new things. Don't believe any of them until you answer [...]
"I'm looking for answers," said the student. "Do you have any advice?" "Yes," replied the teacher. "Keep asking questions." Other poems by Jack Uldrich The Circle of Truth A Sip of Reality A Glimmer of Truth The Tree of Unlearning The Steep Unlearning Curve
In 2005, I wrote a book entitled Soldier, Statesman, Peacemaker: The Leadership Lessons of General George C. Marshall. As a result, I have the opportunity to occasionally travel to Lexington, Virginia to speak at the Marshall Foundation. Recently, after one of my talks, I had the pleasure of listening to Terry Newell deliver a lecture [...]
I enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell's book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, which discusses the value of heeding your intuition. It's a powerful idea. Unfortunately, it is incomplete. Often our intuition is wrong. The problem with Gladwell's book is that it never provides a counter narrative. That is he never tells those stories of people who trusted [...]
What do you do if you want to sell more carrots? One thing, apparently, is to begin viewing the world from a different perspective. Recently, Fast Company, published this insightful article describing how the creative team at Crispin (an advertising firm) helped BoltHouse Farms increase sales of its pre-cut baby carrots. How did they do [...]
“Ask questions, get answers and then question the answers.” -- Unknown Related Posts The Secret to Unlearning in Seven Words Questions We Have Not Yet Thought to Ask A Turn-a-Round Question What Questions Aren't You Asking To Unlearn, Ask This Question If It Goes Without Saying, Question It
But let me start off with what is wrong with university education in general. In the universities, we train specialists, hire specialists, and we promote faculty if they are the very best at whatever they do. In order to be the very best, people have to be very deep, which also tends to make people [...]
"Do you have any other questions?" It is a common question. Usually, many of us answer "no." Sometimes this is because we really don't have any other questions but, other times, it is because we don't want to display our ignorance. In my quest to unlearn, however, I have recently been turning around the question [...]
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