Questions that Matter

What question, if explored thoroughly, could provide the breakthrough possibilities we are seeking?
 

Is the question relevant to the real life and real work of the people who will be exploring it?
 

Is this a genuine question – a question to which we really don’t know the answer?
 

What work do I want this question to do? That is what kind of conversation, meanings, and feelings do I imagine this question will evoke in those who were exploring it?
 

What assumptions or beliefs are embedded in the way this question is constructed?
 

Is this question likely to generate hope, imagination, engagement, new thinking and creative action, or is it likely to increase a focus on past problems and obstacles?
 

Does the question leave room for new and different question to be raised as the initial question is explored?