The Humble Inquiry Stance
Describe the humble inquiry stance and apply it to a workplace conversation.
Better questions start before the words. They start with the stance that the other person may know something you need. Stance before syntax A question can be grammatically open and still feel controlling. What do you think I should already know? is open, but not humble. A humble question makes it safer to share reality because it does not imply that the answer must match the asker's theory. Curiosity plus structure Humble inquiry does not mean wandering conversation. It pairs curiosity with a funnel. Ask open enough to learn the person's view, then probe the evidence, then close on the…
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