The Thinking Lab - JIT Bonus #3: How to Generate "Helpful" Questions for Your Own Thinking - for Members
February 6, 2024 –
Topic: JIT Bonus #3: How to Generate "Helpful" Questions for Your Own Thinking
Whenever you are doing creative thinking or problem solving, you need to be able to bring to bear things you know that do not immediately occur to you top of mind. In this class, you'll learn my go-to tactic to help with this, which I call "The Survey Technique." It involves generating and answering a series of questions. You will learn:
- What constitutes a "helpful" question for warming up a context vs. what doesn't
- How to ensure you look beyond what seems obvious to you
- The key to eliminating vagueness from both your questions and your answers
Bring to class a topic worth spending 10 minutes of your life thinking about. It could be any problem, question, issue, decision, or goal that needs attention. You will do an individual exercise during class.