Thread by @MrJacobEspi

Great questions will result in great innovation.

Elon Musk once said answers are easy, but the challenging part is figuring out what questions to ask.

Here are 25 questions for leaders focused on innovation:

1. How do we know what we are doing is working?
2. Who’s perspective are we not considering?
3. Is there a pattern we can learn from?
4. Why does this problem happen?
5. What is a different way to approach this problem?

A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger gives this question structure:

Why? - Understand a problem

What if...? - Fuel imagination

How? - Let's get to work

Goal questions:

9. What do you want to accomplish?
10. How far into the future do you want to plan?
11. How will you measure progress?
12. What will you accomplish in the next 12 months?

Questions about now:

13. What skills/resources do you have to help?
14. What have you already tried?
15. What are your biggest concerns?
16. What stopped you in the past?

Questions about options:

17. What would you do if you could start all over?
18. What would you do if you had an unlimited budget?
19. What advice would you give a friend in your situation?

Questions about taking action:

20. What will you do?
21. When will you do it?
22. What will hold you back?
23. How is taking action going to help you?
24. How will it feel to be successful?

One last question,

How can I support you?

DMs are open.

I'll always help how I can.