Episode 70: How to Ask Questions with Chad Littlefield

The Deliberate Creative

Chad Littlefield has studied questions. He knows how to ask excellent questions that lead to open, intriguing, creative conversations. He explains how to ask useful questions that help people be more creative. Learn tips on how to craft the best questions, build team trust, and increase creativity.

What You’ll Learn

• The essential elements of well-crafted questions
• The reason "why" questions close off creativity
• How to use questions to drive creativity

About Chad Littlefield Chad Littlefield, M.Ed., is the co-founder and CEO of We!™. He has spoken at TEDx and is the author of the Pocket Guide to Facilitating Human Connections. As a speaker and professional facilitator, Chad designs fun, challenging, and engaging experiences and tools that break down communication barriers, and increase connection and engagement. He has worked as an instructor at Penn State University and led the design team who created We! Connect Cards™ which are now being used to create conversations that matter within companies and campuses in over 50 countries around the world. Chad has the privilege of consulting, coaching, and facilitating within organizations like JetBlue, Starbucks, Penn State, Cigna, Typeform, United Way, Goodwill, TEDx and dozens more. Resources

• Chad Littlefield's website
• We! Connect Cards
• We!™ Newsletter
• Movie: Patch Adams with Robin Williams
• Patch Adam's Gesundheit! Institute
• Amy Climer's Dissertation
• Episode 60: "Might" it a Mighty Word

The Weekly Challenge In the next week, talk with three strangers. They could be people in your daily interactions, like a cashier, and ask them an open-ended question that starts with "what" or "how." The questions need to come from a place of genuine curiosity. In the comments below share what questions you asked and what happened. Transcript

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