I’ll be leading a brain based conference all day today, and I’m looking forward to playing again at questions as they can help to launch a renewal journey, in light of our full range of intelligences. We’ll expand on an exploration in light of alternative perspectives from many parts of your brain. Would you agree that questions generate deeper understanding?
In an article in 1999 titled, “DEEPER UNDERSTANDING THROUGH 
QUESTIONS” in PRAXIS which is The National Teaching &Learning Forum, I showed how deep understanding comes in sprigs of inquiry. Increasingly that’s affirmed in research.
Biological research tells us that our brains "like" challenges. They are hard-wired to unscramble complex puzzles and address questions. So it makes sense to raise challenging questions to help folks engage with and apply facts. Jared Diamond won a Pulitzer Prize when he asked: "Why were Europeans, rather than Africans, or Native Americans, the ones to end up with guns, the nastiest germs, and steel?"
Answers to most questions will not win national prizes, but we understand deeply what we question most. So inquiring leaders can help others learn more through posing key questions. Questions motivate us to ask, wonder and discover in order to know.
What are you asking about today?
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