Comments on: Ask The Right Questions

By: What's Right With Libraries? | Information Tyrannosaur

What's Right With Libraries? | Information Tyrannosaur — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:53:02 +0000

[...] questions we repeatedly ask determine where we direct our energy. If we ask in meetings or in strategic planning, questions [...]

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:16:00 +0000

Andy another great post! One point I’d disagree with though is the asking how we do more with less. You can’t do more with less, you can do less with less. Libraries do a great job of doing less with less, better than most, but if we want to ensure a future that includes libraries are there to meet the needs of our communities we need to be honest with ourselves and more importantly our supporters, administrators and financial backers. If you want more from libraries you need to give us more. Cutting funding, staff, hours, support etc will get you less. We will continue to be awesome but with less.

By: New Re-frame Your Questions as Positive for Better Discussions – Stephen's Lighthouse

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:05:28 +0000

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By: Erin Dorney

Erin Dorney — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:13:57 +0000

This made me think of a Ted talk I recently watched: http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything.html He makes a good point about how circumstances matter less than the level of control we FEEL we have over them. I think the psychology of the questions we ask could really influence our course of action. (can you tell I’m catching up on my blog reading today?)