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Qvestions

Living in an AI-obsessed world, we are so busy learning how to prompt machines for good answers that we risk forgetting the value of our own questions. 'Qvestion' is my attempt to introduce a tweaked term for the questions that cannot be answered by a bot, e.g. the Existential, Ethical, and Epistemological questions we ask ourselves and each other about what it means to be human.

Der er tid nok

Det er oppe i tiden ikke at have tid. Men hvad nu hvis det ikke er tid, vi mangler, men rum - til at tænke os om? Forleden gjorde jeg noget, jeg aldrig har gjort før. Jeg var inviteret til at holde en adventstale for cirka 350 mennesker i alderen

"Er det vigtigt?"

Eleven rækker hånden op: “Jeg har et spørgsmål” Læreren: “Er det vigtigt?” Eleven senere samme dag: “Far, hvordan ved jeg, hvad der er vigtigt?” Kære barn, elev, studerende, medarbejder, kunde, medlem, borger: Alt hvad der vækker din tvivl, undren eller nysgerrighed er vigtigt. Det er, når du stiller spørgsmål, at

Too busy or too lazy?

You cannot get the insight if you are not willing to do the work. Reading. Thinking. Understanding. It takes time.

Hvor bor hukommelsen?

Min søn spiller klaver. Han har ikke modtaget meget undervisning, men han er god til det. Det er som om det kommer naturligt til ham. I går spurgte jeg ham, hvordan han husker melodierne - eller rettere, jeg spurgte, HVOR hukommelsen bor: I hovedet eller hænderne? Han svarede, at han

The real secret to making change easy - and why it's kept a secret

My LinkedIn feed is crowded with people who want to help other people change their behavior. Thought leaders, people leaders, change agents, agile coaches, HR consultants. You all ask the same question: What is the best way to make people do something new? And you all choose between the same

Whatever you do, don't stop

Why do children learn how to answer questions in school but not how to ask them? We spend decades learning how to answer questions about math, language, and science and not a single lesson on how to ask them. Why? My daughter says it is because everybody knows how to

Fear of asking questions

Have you ever held back a question or an idea because you were afraid of how your leaders and colleagues might react? If you have, you are not alone. Research from Harvard Business School shows that 70% face barriers to asking more questions at work. But what are the barriers?

How useful are your insights?

What most people don’t know about questions is that they tell more about those who ask them than about those who answer them. That’s why the best salespeople make room for their prospects’ questions before they start sharing their own answers and offer solutions to their prospects’ problems.

Hvad er værdien af et 1000 kroner-spørgsmål?

Mig: “Hvad skal du have med i madpakke i dag?” Datteren: “Det er 1000 kroner-spørgsmålet” Mig: “Jamen, så hit med de 1000 kroner” Datteren: “Du skal ligesom komme med svaret for at få de 1000 kroner” Og jeg der troede, at 1000 kroner-spørgsmålet var bevis for, at spørgsmål har værdi

There is no such thing as "just asking"

My mother-in-law is one of the most caring people I know. And she is always willing to help. Not that she tells us what to do. She would never do that. She just occasionally asks: “Have you ever thought about doing some gardening?” Or, “Wouldn’t it be nice with