Great leaders ask great questions, World Digital Competitiveness Ranking, Why Quitting Is Underrated

Welcome to the 28th issue of the newsletter, “Journal of discoveries.” Each week, I check a list of hundreds of sources of inspiration to spot exciting articles, videos, podcasts, and books on personal development, leadership, management, technology, and innovation.

Let’s dive in!

One question for you

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One “must read” for this week

“Great leaders ask great questions: Here are 3 steps to up your questioning game ” Questioning helps people engage with others and accumulate knowledge from them. But questioning can also help us nurture cultures of inclusion and inquisitiveness. To do so, we must recognize the different categories of questions, when to use them, and how to listen effectively.

By Big Think

Personal development

• Why quitting is underrated.
• Stop asking, “what’s the worst that could happen?”
• Asking one simple question can entirely change how you feel.
• The secret to avoiding burnout .
• Amplify your thinking ability with open questions .
• How to set clear work boundaries — and stick to them.
• Why is hope so important?

Innovation

• World digital competitiveness ranking.
• Steve Jobs iPhone 1 presentation.
• Taking a discovery-driven approach to internal projects.
• Accepting hard truths will set you apart.
• Deepmind gave an AI ‘intuition’ by training it like a baby.
• Racecar growth framework — expanded and illustrated.
• This is how Roblox beats Facebook in the race for the metaverse.

Leadership and management

• Why this leadership expert says flexibility on time is the future of work.
• Serve this instead of the praise sandwich .
• Culture map and communication.
• Nordic Business Forum keynote summaries .
• 4 myths about in-person work, dispelled.
• Talking about burnout is still taboo at work.
• Great leaders ask great questions .
• The team norms workshop.

One book

“The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't ” by Bob Sutton .

Twitter lists

Here are the Twitter lists from which I get most of the ideas and inspirations. Please note that the categorization is, of course, quite subjective.

• Innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• Management and Leadership
• Visual Ideas
• Personal development