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A review by msjg
A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger
3.0
This is one of those books that could have been confined to TED Talk length, but was expanded into a book. That being said, it gave me a lot to think about. The anecdotes about people who had asked new, brilliant questions were inspiring.
The most useful idea I took from it is the Why, What If, and How model of asking yourself questions.
*Why is this the way it is?
*What if it were different?
*How could I change it?
Writers and artists, I believe, naturally live in this model, as do children.
The Five Questions model, originated at Toyota, is also useful. When a problem happens, ask why five times, going deeper each time.
Why was there a production problem? Because the worker made a mistake.
Why did he make a mistake? Because he was tired.
Why was he tired? Because he worked too many hours that week.
Why did he work too many hours that week? Because we cut back on employees.
Why did we cut back on employees? To save money. Did it save money? Well, maybe not if there are production problems!
With all the people in our world offering cheap, trite, wasteful, or dangerous answers, a book encouraging people to ask beautiful questions can only help.
The most useful idea I took from it is the Why, What If, and How model of asking yourself questions.
*Why is this the way it is?
*What if it were different?
*How could I change it?
Writers and artists, I believe, naturally live in this model, as do children.
The Five Questions model, originated at Toyota, is also useful. When a problem happens, ask why five times, going deeper each time.
Why was there a production problem? Because the worker made a mistake.
Why did he make a mistake? Because he was tired.
Why was he tired? Because he worked too many hours that week.
Why did he work too many hours that week? Because we cut back on employees.
Why did we cut back on employees? To save money. Did it save money? Well, maybe not if there are production problems!
With all the people in our world offering cheap, trite, wasteful, or dangerous answers, a book encouraging people to ask beautiful questions can only help.