The question we gonna ask to boost strategic decision-making.
With organizations facing increased urgency and unpredictability, being able to ask smart questions has become a key leadership skill—especially when setting strategy. Here are five types of questions to ask that can boost strategic decision-making.
INVESTIGATIVE ➟ Clarify your purpose
What’s known?
What do we want to achieve?
What do we need to learn to do so?
How feasible and desirable is each option?
What evidence supports our proposed plan?
Ask why and how
SPECULATIVE ➟ Consider the problem more broadly
What if?
What else?
How might we?
PRODUCTIVE ➟ Assess the availability of resources
Now what?
How can we get it done?
What do we need to achieve before taking it?
Do we have the resources to move ahead?
How will we synchronize our actions?
How will we measure progress?
INTERPRETIVE ➟ Make sense and synthesize
So, what?
So, what is this problem really about?
So, what happens if this trend continues?
So, what opportunities does that idea open up?
So, what does that imply for scaling up or sequencing?
So, what did we learn from this?
So, why are we doing things?
So, why does it matter?
Subjective ➟ Consider the emotional part of the decision
Are there differences between what was said, what was heard, and what was meant?
