{"id":70,"date":"2020-10-01T04:48:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T04:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamacoartney.net\/leadership\/?p=70"},"modified":"2020-10-01T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T12:50:16","slug":"questionstorming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamacoartney.net\/leadership\/2020\/10\/01\/questionstorming\/","title":{"rendered":"Question-Storming\u2014Avoid the Brainstorming Blues When Extreme Teaming"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you ever been in a meeting, and the boss says, \u201cOkay, let’s brainstorm this,\u201d and no one says a word.\u00a0 It\u2019s even more noticeable on Zoom!\u00a0 At least in a conference room, you can hear the hum of the drink machine down the hall.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s\u00a0 worse?\u00a0 When it happens to you!<\/p>\n

Research<\/a> has shown that brainstorming doesn\u2019t really work.\u00a0 For one thing, people spend much of their time in meetings talking about what they know rather what they don\u2019t.\u00a0 It’s called the Common Knowledge Effect<\/a>.\u00a0 Encouraging teams to ask questions, rather than present ideas, can help uncover unique knowledge and foster learning.\u00a0 This technique is called Question-Storming.<\/p>\n

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Question-storming provides a better alternative to brainstorming for surfacing new knowledge, especially true in Extreme Teaming<\/a> scenarios.\u00a0 Leveraging the diversity of knowledge on a transdisciplinary team of subject matter experts can be the difference success and failure.\u00a0 Surfacing new knowledge, learning across domains of expertise, and opening new paths to explore are crucial.\u00a0 Question-storming can help to establish the team culture needed to address complex challenges. The table below lists extreme teaming leadership functions and provides\u00a0 examples of how question-storming might apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Extreme Teaming Leadership Functions<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBenefits of Question-Storming<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Build an engaging vision<\/span><\/td>\nUncovers differences in principles, thus helping to make values explicit<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cultivate psychological safety<\/span><\/td>\nEncourages perspective-taking as well as developing a\u00a0 learning mindset, which encourages respect and trust<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Develop shared mental models<\/span><\/td>\nHelps in the co-development and understanding of shared mental models, uncovering assumptions<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Empower agile execution<\/span><\/td>\nExposes potential gaps between the work of sub-teams, minimizing issues related to \u00a0hand-offs<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now what?<\/strong> Want to know how to get started?\u00a0 There are multiple approaches to question-storming.\u00a0 One of the easiest ways to start is to simply replace a brainstorming session with a question-storming session. Test it and see if it works.\u00a0 Here are the basic steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Provide a topic.<\/li>\n
  2. Let the group generate questions.<\/li>\n
  3. Share, summarize, and synthesize the output.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For additional information<\/strong> and step by step guidance and instructions, there are several great resources available online.<\/p>\n

    Max Jole provides a nice breakdown on one of his blog posts: \u00a0Question storming: A guide for brainstorming questions<\/a>.
    \n Linda Naiman contributed a great article on Inc.com:     Kickstart Creativity in Your Team With This 1 Simple Brain Jolt
    \n <\/a>For more background and nuances on how to approach question-storming, you may want to consider reading Fast Company\u2019s article,     How Brainstorming Questions, not Ideas, Sparks Creativity<\/a>.
    \n For more information on Extreme Teaming, check out this book:\u00a0     Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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