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Food for Thought . . . Live your ques,ons now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers. Rainer Maria, Rilke, poet We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein, inventor We are shaping the world faster than we can change ourselves, and we are applying to the present the habits of the past. Winston Churchill, statesman You can tell whether a [wo]man is clever by [her]/his answers. You can tell whether a [wo]man is wise by [her]/his ques,ons. Naguib Mahfouz, 1988 Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature

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Food  for  Thought  .  .  . Live  your  ques,ons  now,  and  perhaps  even  without  knowing  it,  you  will  live  along  some  distant  day  into  your  answers.  

Rainer  Maria,  Rilke,  poet  

 

We  cannot  solve  our  problems  with  the  same  thinking  we  used    when  we  created  them.  Albert  Einstein,  inventor      

We  are  shaping  the  world  faster  than  we  can  change  ourselves,  and  we  are  applying  to  the  present  the  habits  of  the  past.  

Winston  Churchill,  statesman  

 You  can  tell  whether  a  [wo]man  is  clever  by  [her]/his  answers.    You  can  tell  whether  a  [wo]man  is  wise  by  [her]/his  ques,ons.  

Naguib  Mahfouz,  1988  Nobel  Prize  Laureate  for  Literature  

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Session  Agenda

I.  Introduc*ons  II.  Par*cipant  Engagement  

!  Jot  down  a  personal/professional  frustra*on  !  Take  the  Inquiry  Quo*ent  Quiz  

III.  My  Talk  IV.  Par*cipant  Engagement  

 

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Why,  What  If,  How:  Three  key  words  to  rethinking  and  reinven>ng  our  lives.  

JoAnn  Canales,  PhD  

Dean,  College  of  Graduate  Studies  Employee  Development  Day  

Texas  A&M  University-­‐Corpus  Chris*  May  17,  2017  

 

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A  More  Beau>ful  Ques>on  Defined

A  beau*ful  ques*on  is  an  ambi*ous  yet  ac#onable  ques*on  that  can  begin  to  shiS  the  way  we  perceive  or  think  about  something  –  and  that  might  serve  as  a  catalyst  to  bring  about  change.  NOT:  Why  are  we  here?  What  is  the  meaning  of  life?  How  does  one  define  ‘good’?  Nor  ques*ons  answerable  by  Google  (so  predictable  one  doesn’t  have  to  even  finish  typing  the  ques*on  and  it  appears)  RATHER:  Why  do  staff  keep  omiang  important  steps  in  their  assignments?  How  can  I  be  more  efficient  in  my  job?  What  if  there  was  a  way  to  automate  regular/frequent  reports  I  am  asked  to  generate?    

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Ques>ons:  The  core  of  Discovery

Metaphors  for  Ques*ons:    

" Spades  that  help  to  unearth  buried  truths.  Source  unknown  " Flashlights  that  ‘shine  a  light  on  where  you  need  to  go’.  Dan  Rothstein,  Right  Ques#on  Ins#tute    

" A  lever  used  to  pry  open  the  stuck  lid  on  a  paint  can.    Frances  Peavey,  Social  Ac#vist    Ques*ons  emanate  from  those  that  embrace  ignorance  and  are  willing  to  use  them  to  navigate  through  it  to  new  discoveries.    Stuart  Firestein,  author  of  Ignorance:  How  It  Drives  Science  

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What  Kills  Ques>oning? heps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dey1Rm5gUxw  

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Why?   How?  

What  If?  

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Outcomes  of  Beau*ful  Ques*ons  

Airbnb  Flex-­‐Foot  Prosthe*cs   Baby  Incubator  from  car  parts  

Nejlix   Wine  dispensing  machine  

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Beau*ful  Ques*ons  for  Everyday  life  .  .  .      Family  Rela*onships  

 Personal    

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Beau*ful  Ques*ons  for  Everyday  Life  .  .  .  .  .    

Career   Local  Community    

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Conversa>on  Time  .  .  .  .

1.  Revisit  your  frustra*on  2.  Frame  3  ques*ons:            Why  .  .  .              What  if  .  .  .                How  .  .  .  .  

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Answers  to  Inquiry  Quo>ent  Quiz 1.  B  Disagree  2.  B    Disagree  3.  B    Disagree  4.  B    Disagree  5.  B    Disagree  6.  B    Disagree  7.  B    Disagree  8.  B    Disagree  9.  B    Disagree  10. B    Disagree  

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Resources !  Berger,  Warren.    A  More  Beau*ful  Ques*on  !  Belic,  Roko.    Documentary  on  What  makes  us  Happy  -­‐-­‐  Ted  Talk.              heps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_xtk8aqh0