The 4 powerful questions in Strategic Doing
Spent time this week with good friend and national economic development guru, Ed Morrison, whose model and mine completely align in principles, practices, and power. I love his languaging in work with communities around the country. He uses 4 incredibly simple and powerful questions to focus and engage people in what we call “strategic doing”:
1. What could we do together?
2. What should we do together?
3. What will we do together?
4. What can we learn together?
They are the functional opposite of questions that prevent community and economic devcelopment:
What studies and committees should we form?
What will other people do for us?
What are we lacking?
What kind of permission can we get for what we might do?
