Do you know how to ask good questions?

According to an article by John Coleman, asking better questions is the key to critical thinking. Here are a few ways to enhance your ability:

➡️ Hold your hypotheses loosely. Be willing to review your assumptions.

➡️ Listen more than you talk. Active listening is understanding what another person is saying while being engaged and interested.

➡️ Leave your queries open-ended. Avoid asking yes-or-no questions. Rather “how”, “what”…

➡️ Consider the counterintuitive. Fight against groupthink, propose a counterintuitive question, one that challenges the group’s conventional thinking

➡️ Stew in a problem. Don’t jump the gun. Wait and reflect a bit.

➡️ Ask the hard follow-up questions. Do not accept easy answers, ask the “why”.