In this episode, Darren Reinke chats with author and speaker Warren Berger. Warren discusses the power of questioning, how curiosity and questioning are linked, why you and your leadership team need to slow your pace to ask more questions, and so much more.

Warren is a speaker and author specializing in questioning, innovation, creativity, design, the media, advertising, and general business. Some of his books include The Book Of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead and the bestselling A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas. He is also a co-author of other books and writer of articles for consumer magazines and newspapers including Wired, Fast Company, and The New York Times.

 Show Notes:

• What Warren was Interested in As a Kid [1:05]
• Why Warren Considers Himself a Questionologist [2:00]
• Why The Value of Answers Has Been Devalued [4:10]
• The Relationship Between Questions and Curiosity [5:42]
• Why You Have to Question With a Sense of Purpose [7:00]
• How Companies Are Using Questions To Drive Business Results [9:36]
• Why Companies Should Adopt a Mission Question Instead of a Mission Statement [12:51]
• How You Can Ask Questions to Be a Better Leader [17:26]
• The Key Mindset Shift You Need to Adopt to Become a Questioning Leader [21:13]
• A Case Study on Questioning in the Workplace [24:58]
• How You Can Balance Asking Questions With Taking Action [27:55]
• Warren’s Advice to Leaders Who Recognize the Value of Becoming a Questioning Leader [30:20]
• How Starbucks and Google are Committed to Creating a Questioning Culture [32:20]

Links:

• Warren Berger's Website 
• Warren Berger on LinkedIn