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• Have we come to believe, now more than ever, that telling is the way to lead?
• What may be most perilous about this tribalism is that it makes it okay to not learn or relearn.
• through Humble Inquiry you can learn more about what is happening in your work and in your life, and you can learn to consistently separate the signal from the noise.
• Certainty is the belief and adherence to a point of view, often accompanied by vehement argument. Clarity is being able to see and learn more of what is really going on, the full spectrum of dimensions that emerge as critically important as events unfold.1 We add that seeing with more clarity and abandoning certainty are benefits of a Humble Inquir...
• this art of inquiry becomes more challenging as power and status increase. Our culture emphasizes that leaders set direction and articulate values, all of which predisposes them to tell rather than ask. Yet it is such leaders who may need Humble Inquiry most because intricate interdependent tasks require building positive, open, and trusting relati...