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What are the questions we should be asking? 

What should we say in our newsletter? How should we say it? What should we even call it? Do we need a fancy template? Those are some of the hard questions we asked ourselves as we put this first SparkNotes together. After much effort, we managed to answer those and more. 

If you’ve met us (and we hope you have!), you probably noticed we love asking questions, even when they’re hard to answer. Especially when they’re hard to answer.  

So that’s what you’ll find in this first SparkNote: a list of good questions. Hard questions. Thoughtful questions. Questions for you to wrestle with, sit with, have fun with. Questions to share with someone. Questions that just might shift your perspectives and create new possibilities. 

Here’s to asking bolder questions! 

-Lynne & Dan  

Question 1 

What are the questions we should be asking?  
(hint: there’s a reason we started with this one) 

Question 2 

What problem are you trying to solve?  

Question 3  

Do you need permission to make your Big Idea real?  

Or do you just need partners?  

Question 4

Is this question likely to generate hope, engagement and new possibilities?  

Or is it likely to increase a focus on past problems and obstacles?  

Question 5  

Ask as part of envisioning the future outcome of a project:  

What important stuff did we NOT do?  

What unimportant stuff did we do?  

Question 6  

How many of your team meetings end with better questions than they started with?  

What questions do you find most useful?  

We are always looking for good questions. We’d love to hear from you – send us an email and share your favorite questions.  

We’d also love to hear how it goes if you try any of the questions in this first edition of SparkNotes.