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Helping Danfoss Ventures leadership engage employees in dialogues around the future of the business

… it all begins with this

Why it works?

‘” If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I knew the question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes”. Albert Einstein

” How can we have less lost baggage?” British Airways ” How can we create an exceptional arrival experience?”

” How can we have less lost baggage?”

” How can we create an exceptional arrival experience?”

About Powerful Questions Asking questions can facilitate direction and engagement at the same time. Questions – more so than answers – create energy and commitment to the future process. Self-questioning keeps creativity alive. Asking questions is one of the primary ways to engage peoples and teams natural, self-organising capacity to learn, create meaning, direction and commitment.

Asking questions can facilitate direction and engagement at the same time.

Questions – more so than answers – create energy and commitment to the future process.

Self-questioning keeps creativity alive.

Asking questions is one of the primary ways to engage peoples and teams natural, self-organising capacity to learn, create meaning, direction and commitment.

Good Questions… Generates curiosity Stimulates reflective conversation Is thought provoking Surfaces underlying assumptions Invites creativity and new possibilities Generates energy and forward movement Channels attention and focuses inquiry Stays with the participants Touches deep meaning Evokes more questions Sources: Eric E. Voight, Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, Carsten Ohm Andersen, Otto Scharmer, Heemsberger

Generates curiosity

Stimulates reflective conversation

Is thought provoking

Surfaces underlying assumptions

Invites creativity and new possibilities

Generates energy and forward movement

Channels attention and focuses inquiry

Stays with the participants

Touches deep meaning

Evokes more questions

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