Most questions we receive are requests for something our student or colleague is missing. But questions themselves can be repatterned and used for so much more than a direct answer. WIth a series of exercises, this session introduces facilitation skills & techniques that enable a teacher to use questions to restructure a student’s thinking, and therefore their experience, opening a path for a student to discover an answer for themselves. In this workshop, you can learn how to influence your colleagues and students to think “outside the box” powerfully leading them beyond their conscious mind to tap into their unconscious & find an answer within their question.

1. THE ANSWER
IS THE QUESTION
“Accomplished Top of Mountain” by Thoroughly Reviewed is licensed under CC BY

2. 90 SECONDS: MEET SOMEONE NEW
“DOA SPEED DATING - ASC 2009” by Florida Supercon is licensed under CC BY

3. Bernie Maloney, CST
PE, CSM, CSPO
Agile Coach
Accelerating Genius
Turning Strategies into Results
From Startup to Beyond $100M
Trainer
Neuro Linguistic Programming

4. Getting into State
Picking up on Cues
OUTLINE
Getting Beyond
the Boundaries
Taking the Leap:
Synthesizing & Applying

5. GETTING INTO THE LEARNING STATE

6. DROP INTO PERIPHERAL VISION
Fovial
Peripheral
Hakalau
(hock allow)

7. “Music - Omar Sosa and Quarteto Afrocubana at BRIC” by Steven Pisano is licensed under CC BY

9. “crosseyed girlfriend” by Hendrik Dacquin is licensed under CC BY

11. “Any Questions?” by Matthias Ripp is licensed under CC BY
ANY QUESTIONS?

12. “Learn” by mainur risyada is licensed under CC BY

13. “optician” by Jonny Hughes is licensed under CC BY
PICKING UP ON CUES

14. COMMUNICATION GOES
(WAY, WAY, WAY) BEYOND WORDS
E.G. RAY BIRDWHISTLE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
55%
38%
7%
Physiology
Tonality
Words

15. “Happy chappy” by Tom Coppen is licensed under CC BY

16. “Sad” by Adam Mirowski is licensed under CC BY SA

17. “Surprise!” by Tech Hub is licensed under CC BY

18. PAIR EXERCISE:
ONE PERSON = SUBJECT
OTHER PERSON = OBSERVER
SUBJECT: THINK OF
• SOMEONE YOU
DO LIKE; THEN STOP &
• SOMEONE YOU
DON’T LIKE; THEN STOP &
• EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER
WHILE OBSERVER OBSERVES &
GUESSES
THEN SWITCH ROLES
“Conversation” by Gauthier DELECROIX - is licensed under CC BY

19. “Any Questions?” by Matthias Ripp is licensed under CC BY
ANY QUESTIONS?

20. “Enrapt” by Micah Sittig is licensed under CC BY

21. GETTING BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES
(CARTESIAN COORDINATES)
21“Binoculars” by Vestman is licensed under CC BY

22. We can’t solve problems by using
the same kind of thinking
we used when we
created them.
-- Albert Einstein
“Einstein manejando una marioneta de Einstein” by Recuerdos de Pandora is licensed under CC BY SA

23. “R Descartes” by Skara kommun is licensed under CC BY
A tool to loosen boundaries: Cartesian Questions
Theorem
AB
Example:
What would happen
if you did (do X)?
Inverse
A~B
Example:
What would happen
if you didn’t (do X)?
Converse
~AB
Example:
What wouldn’t happen
if you did (do X)?
Non-Mirror
Image Reverse
~A~B
Example:
What wouldn’t happen
if you didn’t (do X)?

24. NEW PAIR EXERCISE:
ONE = CLIENT; OTHER = COACH
CLIENT:
PRESENT A PROBLEM
COACH:
USE CARTESIAN QUESTIONS
CONNECT CLIENT WITH
MOTIVATION FOR SOLVING,
PAIN OF PROBLEM & / OR WHAT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIDDEN
THEN SWITCH ROLES
THEN BRIEFLY DISCUSS INSIGHTS

25. DEBRIEF / DISCUSSION
“Debriefing” by tash lampard is licensed under CC BY

26. “Leap!” by Shelby L. Bell is licensed under CC BY
TAKING THE LEAP: APPLYING

27. “Missing” by onnolais licensed under CC BY

28. PERCEPTUAL POSITIONS
Coachee
/ Subject
Coach /
Practitioner
12
3
Most Valuable
Gives Context
Least Valuable

29. “Leap!” by Shelby L. Bell is licensed under CC BY

30. “Music - Omar Sosa and Quarteto Afrocubana at BRIC” by Steven Pisano is licensed under CC BY

31. TRIAD EXERCISE:
CLIENT; COACH; OBSERVER
CLIENT: POSES QUESTION
COACH & OBSERVER:
HUDDLE, CONSTRUCT RESPONSE
COACH:
A) DELIVER RESPONSE;
B) FIND OUT IF CLIENT THINKS
QUESTION WAS ANSWERED;
C) RESTRUCTURE & REPEAT
IF NEEDED
THEN ROTATE ROLES
“Haworth 1940s Weekend” by Bryan Ledgard is licensed under CC BY

32. DEBRIEF / DISCUSSION
“Debriefing” by tash lampard is licensed under CC BY

33. Get into State
Pick up on Cues
SUMMARY
Loosen up the Boundaries
(Cartesian Questions)
Take the Leap: Let go and Reply
(Perceptual Positions, Calibrate response)

34. DOING AGILE APPEARS EASY

35. DOING AGILE APPEARS EASY.
BEING AGILE TAKES DISCIPLINE
& COURAGE.
Bernie Maloney

36. “Takeaway” by Jeremy Segrott is licensed under CC BY

37. FIN
Ut Prosim. Namaste.

38. Bernie Maloney, CST
PE, CSM, CSPO
Agile Coach
Accelerating Genius
Turning Strategies into Results
From Startup to Beyond $100M
bit.ly/TheAnswerIsTheQuestion
@berniemaloney
linkedin.com/in/berniemaloney