http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-write-a-rude-qa/ Management and Creative Thinking Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:35:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-write-a-rude-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-632641 Rude Q&A | Igniting Startups - nPost Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:56:01 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-write-a-rude-qa/#comment-632641 [...] years I’ve been a fan of Scott Berkun’s concept of Rude Q&A: What would the meanest, nastiest, but smartest people in the world grill you on when you show your [...] [...] years I’ve been a fan of Scott Berkun’s concept of Rude Q&A: What would the meanest, nastiest, but smartest people in the world grill you on when you show your [...]

]]> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-write-a-rude-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-622904 Rude Q&A : Credit Debt Banking News | CDBN Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:49:05 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-write-a-rude-qa/#comment-622904 [...] years I’ve been the air blower of Scott Berkun’s judgment of Rude Q&A: What would the meanest, nastiest, though smartest people in the star griddle we upon when we [...] [...] years I’ve been the air blower of Scott Berkun’s judgment of Rude Q&A: What would the meanest, nastiest, though smartest people in the star griddle we upon when we [...]

]]> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-write-a-rude-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-592068 Constructive criticism vs. bad business advice Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:02:33 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-write-a-rude-qa/#comment-592068 [...] The best advice doesn’t come as a barrage of statements but rather from a series of questions, asked by someone playing devil’s advocate.Rarely will an adviser know more than you do about your domain of expertise but that doesn’t mean an outside voice is useless. Pointed questions force you to defend your choices. A healthy debate challenges your assumptions without implying they’re false. New ideas are batted around as a brainstorm rather than handed down as gospel.In my case, Frank presented his view as a series of statements, axioms even; Gerry couched his perspective as pointed questions that required either rebuttal or agreement.In fact, playing devil’s advocate is a great exercise to do periodically anyway. Find an intelligent foe, take her to lunch, and follow Scott Berkun’s advice about Rude Q&A. [...] [...] The best advice doesn’t come as a barrage of statements but rather from a series of questions, asked by someone playing devil’s advocate.Rarely will an adviser know more than you do about your domain of expertise but that doesn’t mean an outside voice is useless. Pointed questions force you to defend your choices. A healthy debate challenges your assumptions without implying they’re false. New ideas are batted around as a brainstorm rather than handed down as gospel.In my case, Frank presented his view as a series of statements, axioms even; Gerry couched his perspective as pointed questions that required either rebuttal or agreement.In fact, playing devil’s advocate is a great exercise to do periodically anyway. Find an intelligent foe, take her to lunch, and follow Scott Berkun’s advice about Rude Q&A. [...]

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