Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Find exciting problems

How to question everything to weaponise curiosity

‘Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.’

Pablo Picasso, artist

Superpower: Curiosity

Dance Step: QUESTION

Igniting questions:

  • What needs to be challenged in your life?
  • How might you ask more questions?
  • How might you ask better questions?

4Cs value: Intriguing question

Robert Jones had felt safe following his AI-enabled sat nav. He ignored the fact it had re-routed his BMW off the main road and on to a narrow, steep mountain path in the Pennines, in the north of England. He just assumed it knew what it was doing. Just in time, he questioned the wisdom of his instructions. By then the front of his car was dangling over a ...

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