A More Beautiful Question https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/ The power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:15:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://i0.wp.com/amorebeautifulquestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Favicon-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 A More Beautiful Question https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/ 32 32 60589548 Is “critical thinking” in critical condition? How questions can help https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/critical-thinking-questioning/ Sun, 14 Sep 2025 05:29:16 +0000 https://staging2.amorebeautifulquestion.com/?p=248552 Our society doesn't seem to be asking the kind of questions that we need to be asking. It turns out critical thinking is hard. But it’s not impossible.

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]]> 248552 Asking “hindsight questions” to truly learn from past experiences https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/asking-hindsight-questions-to-truly-learn-from-past-experiences/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:04:30 +0000 https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/?p=250427 In Big Think’s new “Hindsight” series, I talk about how we can find promising seeds of potential growth and improvement embedded in our past successes as well as in our failures. But we must be willing to take the time and effort to look back and ask questions. Specifically I talk about how leaders should […]

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]]> 250427 Top 10 Critical Thinking Books https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/top-10-critical-thinking-books/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 01:01:31 +0000 https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/?p=250350 Critical thinking may be THE issue of our times. If you want to better understand what critical thinking is these “top 10” books stand out from the crowd.

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]]> 250350 Why do I believe what I believe? (And what if I’m wrong?) (Excerpt) https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/why-do-i-believe-what-i-believe-and-what-if-im-wrong-excerpt/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 01:04:48 +0000 https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/?p=250358 It isn’t easy to think about your own thinking, let alone to question it. It requires us to see from the outside in and ask questions about what we find.

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]]> 250358 5 Ways to Help Students Become Better Questioners https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/5-ways-to-help-students-become-better-questioners/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 01:50:38 +0000 https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/?p=250215 Suggestions (based on input from question-friendly teachers, schools, programs, and organizations) on how to encourage more questioning in the classroom and hopefully, beyond it.

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]]> 250215 What is the evidence? (And how do I weigh it?) [Excerpt] https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/what-is-the-evidence/ Sun, 10 Mar 2024 13:34:17 +0000 https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/?p=250105 The old media gatekeepers are gone (for better or worse) and there is no reliable filter to separate good information from bad—except for the filter within each of us, the “built-in baloney detector” that runs on skeptical questions.

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]]> 250105 What is a beautiful question? https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/what-is-a-beautiful-question/ https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/what-is-a-beautiful-question/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:32:41 +0000 https://staging2.amorebeautifulquestion.com/?p=249239 Questions should be ambitious but I also think they should be actionable. So here in one sentence is my highly-subjective definition of a beautiful question.

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]]> https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/what-is-a-beautiful-question/feed/ 0 249239 The 8 superpowers of questioning https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/8-questioning-superpowers/ https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/8-questioning-superpowers/#respond Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:21:21 +0000 https://staging2.amorebeautifulquestion.com/?p=249015 I created a classroom poster that frames questioning as a set of “superpowers” that can help you explore, think like a ninja, discover new possibilities, create cool new things, and maybe even change the world.

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]]> https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/8-questioning-superpowers/feed/ 0 249015 Why do kids ask so many questions—and why do they stop? https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/why-do-kids-ask-so-many-questions-but-more-importantly-why-do-they-stop/ Sat, 17 Feb 2024 21:20:05 +0000 https://staging2.amorebeautifulquestion.com/?p=248583 When preschoolers ask ‘why’ they’re not trying to annoy adults or simply prolong a conversation—they’re actually trying to get to the bottom of things.

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]]> 248583 What makes questioners different from other people? https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/tips-asking-better-questions/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 23:41:05 +0000 https://staging2.amorebeautifulquestion.com/?p=248559 Questioners move from asking to action . . . and 7 other things that set questioners apart.

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