“... schools in many industrialized nations were not, for the most part, designed to produce innovative thinkers or questioners -- their primary purpose was to produce workers. The author Seth Godin writes, "Our grandfathers and great grandfathers built schools to… — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“Yes, we want a Silicon Valley,” she said, “but do we really want three hundred million people who actually think for themselves?” — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“with others.” Bennett culls all of these bits59 and shares the best of them with the people at IDEO, or with a larger audience… — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
We have an education and business culture that tends to reward quick factual answers over imaginative inquiry. Questioning isn’t encouraged—it is barely tolerated. — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“It can be a relief to know that, in coming up with fresh ideas, we don’t have to invent from scratch; we can draw… — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“As you make those daily choices about what to spend your time on and which possibilities to pursue, the author and consultant John Hagel… — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“The main premise of appreciative inquiry is that positive questions, focusing on strengths and assets, tend to yield more effective results than negative questions… — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“I’ve always been very concerned with democracy. If you can’t imagine you could be wrong, what’s the point of democracy? And if you can’t… — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“What if our schools could train students to be better lifelong learners and better adapters to change, by enabling them to be better questioners?” — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“What might the potential for humans be if we really encouraged that spirit of questioning in children, instead of closing it down? I” — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“What would happen if this happens?’ I do that on my own—I do all of my exploring outside of school. Because in school it’s… — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“Death to Core Competency,” suggests that whatever a company’s specialty product or service might be—whatever got you to where you are today—might not be… — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
“Our grandfathers and great grandfathers18 built schools to train people to have a lifetime of productive labor as part of the industrialized economy. And… — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
