num_pages: 272
description: In this groundbreaking book journalist and innovation expert Warren Berger shows that one of the most powerful forces for igniting change in business and in our daily lives is a simple under-appreciated toolone that has been available to us since childhood. Questioningdeeply imaginatively beautifullycan help us identify and solve problems come up with game-changing ideas and pursue fresh opportunities. So why are we often reluctant to ask Why?Berger's surprising findings reveal that even though children start out asking hundreds of questions a day questioning falls off a cliff as kids enter school. In an education and business culture devised to reward rote answers over challenging inquiry questioning isn't encouragedand in fact is sometimes barely tolerated.And yet as Berger shows the most creative successful people tend to be expert questioners. They've mastered the art of inquiry raising questions no one else is askingand finding powerful answers. The author takes us inside red-hot businesses like Google Netflix IDEO and Airbnb to show how questioning is baked into their organizational DNA. He also shares inspiring stories of artists teachers entrepreneurs basement tinkerers and social activists who changed their lives and the world around themby starting with a beautiful question.Berger explores important questions such as:- Why aren't we nurturing kids' natural ability to questionand what can parents and schools do about that?- Since questioning is a starting point for innovation how might companies and business leaders begin to encourage and exploit it?- And most important how can each of us re-ignite that questioning sparkand use inquiry as a powerful means to rethink and reinvent our lives?A More Beautiful Question outlines a practical Why / What If / How system of inquiry that can guide you through the process of innovative questioninghelping you find imaginative powerful answers to your own beautiful questions.
language: English
title: A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
publisher: Bloomsbury USA