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From the bestselling author of A More Beautiful Question, hundreds of big and small questions that harness the magic of inquiry to tackle challenges we all face--at work, in our relationships, and beyond.As Warren Berger showed in A More Beautiful Question, the humble question can be a powerful tool. By asking questions, we can analyze, learn, and move forward in the face of uncertainty. When confronted with almost any demanding situation, the act of questioning can help guide us to smart decisions. But the questions must be the right ones; the ones that cut to the heart of complexity, or that enable us to see an old problem in a fresh way. The Book of Beautiful Questions contains over 200 such questions addressing everyday dilemmas of all types: getting out of a career rut, generating fresh ideas, overcoming a fear of failure, checking your own biases, and many more. The book is about asking the right questions, at the right time, in order to make the best choices when it truly counts. Each beautiful question is thoughtful, provocative, and actionable, meaning it can be applied immediately to bring about change. Along with each question, Berger offers insights gleaned from his own research, as well as guidance from leading thinkers and experts, including Adam Grant, Elizabeth Gilbert, Atul Gawande, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The Book of Beautiful Questions provides essential questions to guide readers to their own answers where it matters most.
About the Author
I'm a longtime journalist (The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, Reader's Digest) , book author, and speaker who has written about a variety of subjects over the years--creativity, innovation, and questioning being particular favorites. I've interviewed and studied hundreds of the world's leading innovators, designers, and creative thinkers to analyze how they ask fundamental questions, solve problems, and create new possibilities. Over the past 10 years, I've zeroed in on the power of questioning in our lives. It's a skill we all have innately but it falls into disuse for many of us as we move through school and the business world. And that's a shame. On my blog amorebeautifulquestion.com and in articles for Fast Company and the Harvard Business Review I've written about why questioning leads to innovation, how it can help you be more successful in your career, and how we can all get better at asking the kind of "beautiful questions" that spark change in our businesses and lives. My "inquiry into the value of inquiry" led to the 2014 bestseller A MORE BEAUTIFUL QUESTION: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas (Bloomsbury) in March 2014. Next followed THE BOOK OF BEAUTIFUL QUESTIONS (2018) , featuring more than 400 provocative and useful questions, anecdotes, and examples that will help you DECIDE, CREATE, CONNECT, and LEAD. And then BEAUTIFUL QUESTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM (2020) , fulfilling my mission to spread the message of good questioning to educators and the next generation of students.Previous to the beautiful question books, l wrote the international bestseller Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Business and Your Life (Penguin; 2009; retitled "CAD Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies, and T-Shaped People" in the U.S. Penguin paperback) . Find out more about me and my books at https://AMoreBeautifulQuestion.com and https://WarrenBerger.com.
