“What would your organisation be like if your mother were running it?”​

By | Sridhar Ramanathan

“A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place. But a seed to be planted toward the hope of greening the landscape of the idea.” – John Ciardi

These are not ordinary questions. These are questions that make you sit up. Think. Ponder. Maybe worry a bit. They will leave stretch marks on your brain.

Let me share a few random questions from the lot of 75 questions. Questions that I have used from time to time in my conversations with clients. In my workshops. They are not in any particular order.

1. What intangible benefit makes your work worthwhile?
2. If you could create a new unique position for yourself in your organisation, what would that be?
3. What current management fad has your company adopted that is driving you crazy?
4. You’ve been chosen to tell the CEO that his services will no longer be needed; what would you say to him to help him understand why he’s being let go?
5. What proverb catches the essence of your organisation?
6. What would happen if your company instituted a one-year ban on all meetings? (Online or otherwise)
7. What incredible invention would make your job much easier and much more productive?

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