Andrew Finlayson says that mastering the art of asking questions is
an essential skill that distinguishes top leaders, negotiators and
creators. To help you master this skill, His book titled, 'Questions
that Work, How to Ask Questions That Will Help You Succeed in Any
Business Situation' is designed to help you master this skill.
Finlayson is a San Francisco Bay area, Emmy-winning journalist and
his new book offers questions and guidance for almost any situation
you might encounter.

He offers a chapter on creativity questions and quotes many friends
of InnovationNetwork (Deb Giampoli at Kraft, Rich Sojka at Boeing,
Paul Plsek, Alex D'Anci, Alain Rostain, Ellen Domb, David Kelley,
Andy VanGundy, William Hodges and many others). Here are a few of
the many questions he suggests for stimulating creativity:

o Visioning: What do we want? What would be the ideal?

o Why do we look at things this way?

o Are we questioning assumptions, the routine way of doing things?

o How can we challenge assumptions?

o How can we have the most fun exploring the possibilities?

o What would happen if .... ?

o What is the Ideal Final Result from the customer's point of view?

o What's the stupidest way we could do this?

o Experimenting: How can we combine existing elements in new ways?

o What ideas can we borrow?

o How can we test this idea?

o Is the idea unique?

- Ask questions that expand purposes.
Have a very 'question-full' week ... Joyce Wycoff