It’s all about the questions.
That is – if you want to have a real and meaningful dialogue…with anyone…you need to ask the right questions.
Posts Tagged ‘Questions’
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Organic Thinking
- Interesting to raise the spectre of "New Coke". Executives asked the question, How do we change the recipe (As they were required to do) for Coke without disinfranchising our loyal customers? How can we make the change without losing market share long term?
Introduce a completely different beverage.
Release it on to the market.
Wear the consumer backlash.
Listen to our customers.
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- I like the notion of recognizing the elephnat in the room -- is that what Obama did today? Read more >
- I am not the type of person where conversation lags unless we want it to. Like when you are with your family on vacation and you just like to sit with each other. Conversation is meaning if people will come off the superficial level and really speak.
Dr. Letitia Wright
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
Let there be light
I was just helping my daughter with a college sociology paper. It brought back memories—shudder…The Professor gave them a set of questions difficult questions requiring citation, proof points and analysis of impact yet gave them no more than a page for each question to answer.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/fashion/11guru.html?ex=1195794000&en=9b22cfb9f7cb6238&ei=5070&emc=eta1
- I MEANT to type: Maybe the professOR (who, after all controls the agenda) wanted brief writing because that forces the students to pull out the important parts. Ie, after simplicity and some happy engagement, things get more interesting. The typo raised the issue of professions (and professionals) controlling the agendas. In a lot of orgs that doesn't seem to ...
- In the beginning of a client relationship, or the first wave sales pitch, simplicity is gold. One experienced communications coach around here talks about "crimes of passion" - meaning not knowing what to omit and not being able to omit. This gets you off message and clients get distracted, bored and confused. However, later in the relationship with the client, ...
