Intelligent questions: The strategic importance

"I don't need questions," a manager bellows, "I need f'n solutions!" Right -- but the solutions usually come from asking the right Qs. Here's how to tame this dragon of a process.

Here's a fun game that would be essentially impossible to play. Go into the office of an executive and say "I have a little proposal here about intelligent questions." The dude will jab a pen in your neck, superkick you onto his velvet couch and scream, "I don't need intelligent questions, I need fucking answers!" This is because we live in an achieveme…