Warren Berger

A More Beautiful Question (eBook, ePUB)

The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

To get the best answer-in business, in life-you have to ask the best possible question. Innovation expert Warren Berger shows that ability is both an art and a science.

It may be the most underappreciated tool at our disposal, one we learn to use well in infancy-and then abandon as we grow older. Critical to learning, innovation, success, even to happiness-yet often discouraged in our schools and workplaces-it can unlock new business opportunities and reinvent industries, spark creative insights at many levels, and provide a transformative new outlook on life. It is the ability to question-and to do so deeply, imaginatively, and "beautifully."

In this fascinating exploration of the surprising power of questioning, innovation expert Warren Berger reveals that powerhouse businesses like Google, Nike, and Netflix, as well as hot Silicon Valley startups like Pandora and Airbnb, are fueled by the ability to ask fundamental, game-changing questions. But Berger also shares human stories of people using questioning to solve everyday problems-from "How can I adapt my career in a time of constant change?" to "How can I step back from the daily rush and figure out what really makes me happy?"

By showing how to approach questioning with an open, curious mind and a willingness to work through a series of "Why," "What if," and "How" queries, Berger offers an inspiring framework of how we can all arrive at better solutions, fresh possibilities, and greater success in business and life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781620401460
• Artikelnr.: 52917231

Autorenporträt

Warren Berger, an expert on design thinking and innovation, is author of the acclaimed book Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Business and Your Life, which was named one of Business Week's "Best Innovation & Design Books of the Year." Berger also writes for Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, and was a longtime contributing editor at Wired magazine. He has appeared on NBC's "Today Show," ABC "World News," many times on CNN, and as a frequently-used expert source on NPR's "All Things Considered." He lives in New York. www.AMoreBeautifulQuestion.com

Rezensionen

Questions have literally moved mountains, powered rockets, and instantly developed images . . . Berger focuses on what he calls 'Beautiful Questions' . . . 'that can lead to game-changing answers and results. These are questions that, once raised, tend to get people thinking in a different way.' Steven Heller The Atlantic

One closes Berger’s book newly conscious of the significance of smart questions.