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Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!Impactful Questions: Are You Better Off… | Ken Woodward #24This episode dives into the significant political question posed by Ronald Reagan during the closing moments of his 1980 presidential debate with Jimmy Carter: 'Are you better off than you were four years ago?'Ken Woodward explores the context of the 1980 political climate, marked by economic difficulties, high inflation, unemployment, and international issues such as the Iran hostage crisis and concerns about U.S. global standing and nuclear threats. Reagan's question, which became iconic in U.S. political discourse, was noted for its simplicity, personal relevance, emotional resonance, and strategic timing. The question invited voters to reflect...
2025-01-3020 min
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!A Clarion Call For Kindness & Social Good! | Shreyaa & Esha Venkat #21Shreyaa Venkat and Esha Venkat were inspired by their parents model of serving those in need, and founded the non-profit NEST4US, that is N.E.S.T Numeral 4 U.S., as a philanthropic platform built upon kindness, generosity, and social good. With the mission of making the world better through kindness by mobilizing volunteers worldwide to advance progress on societal issues and spark equitable solutions for the greater good. Their work has received significant recognition, including the George H.W. Bush Points of Light Award in 2020, which was co-chaired by all four living former presidents. Their year-end 2023 numbers...
2024-12-191h 49
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!A Benediction For Black Womanhood And Softness! | EbonyJanice Moore #20EbonyJanice Moore is the founder and CEO of The Free People Project and The EbonyJanice Project. She has authored several books, and her most recent release is “All The Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit Of Dreams As Radical Resistance.” Her Spiritual Mentorship Program, entitled “Dream Yourself Free,” is designed to support Black Women in healing intergenerational wounds and prioritizing pleasure.Her talks embody a Hip Hop Womanist perspective. She is the visionary and creator of Black Girl Mixtape, a platform and safe think space that elevates the intellectual authority of Black Women.She fo...
2024-12-051h 21
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!A Courageous Quest For Beloved Community | Jerry Colonna #19Jerry Colonna is a coach, writer, and speaker focusing on leadership, business, and radical self-inquiry. For over two decades, he has proposed that work should be nonviolent to the self, community, and planet. He is host of the Reboot Podcast and the co-founder of Reboot.io, a company founded on the belief that work does not have to destroy us but rather how we achieve our fullest potential.Jerry helps people lead with humanity and equanimity. His unique blend of Buddhism, Jungian therapy, and entrepreneurial expertise has resulted in working with some of the largest firms in t...
2024-11-211h 13
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!A Throughline: Death, Grief, Gratitude, And Grateful Living | Joe Primo #18Joe Primo is the CEO of Grateful Living, an organization based on the work of Brother David Steindl-Rast — 98 year-old author, scholar, and Benedictine monk who is also known as the “grandfather of gratitude.” In his prior work with dying patients and grieving children, Joe encountered the deep sorrow and always-available joy that permeates our search for meaning. Gratefulness for life, he believes, is foundational to discovering meaning and the only response that is big enough and appropriate for the plot twists, delights, surprises, and devastation we encounter along the way. A student of Brother David since h...
2024-11-071h 29
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!Art And Inquiry As A Threshold To Our Humanity | Amy Herman #17Amy Herman is a recovering lawyer and the founder and president of her company, The Art of Perception. Amy combines her litigation background with her training as an art historian to help a diverse clientele sharpen observation, analysis, and communication skills through a four-step framework of Assess, Analyze, Articulate, and Act. The roots of this work began while she was serving as the head of education at The Frick Collection in New York City. She took medical students out of their clinical setting and brought them to an art museum to teach them how to analyze works of art...
2024-10-241h 18
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!The Vocabulary of Identity & Creating Culturally Affirming Classrooms | Kwame Sarfo-Mensah #15"The way you unlearn is by first acknowledging the privileges you have." - Kwame Sarfo-MensahKwame is applying his dual-major Bachelor of Arts and Mathematics and Master of Education degrees from Temple University to the high calling of equipping educators with the tools to create culturally affirming classrooms where every student's identity is acknowledged and celebrated. His third book, Learning to Relearn: Supporting Identity in a Culturally Affirming Classroom, will be released on November 15th, 2024.Kwame taught middle school math in Philadelphia and Boston before moving to Sierra Leone, where he currently serves as a...
2024-09-261h 13
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!Questions At The Heart Of Leadership, Mentorship and Relationships | Bill Reed #14"Here's the trick I've learned. Ask a question and listen to the answer." - Bill ReedBill Reed has an impressive resume filled with leadership roles across companies such as Intuit and Northwestern Mutual in the financial arena and Sweet Fish Media, helping B2B marketers produce personality-led content. Currently, he is assisting Dwellspring to capitalize on the success of the 12-hour Sound Machine Podcast, with over 1.3M unique listeners per week, to help worldwide listeners get better rest.A consistent theme throughout his career is dedicating himself to serving others by intentionally nurturing relationships...
2024-09-191h 23
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!Questions As A Creative Force At The Intersection Of Curiosity, Business, And Art | David Pearl #13"Share your questions. They're not as yours as you think they are.." - David PearlDavid Pearl. David is a performer, author, director, and public speaker who has established himself as an innovator in business, the arts, and social change. In his early years, he sang at the Royal Opera House as the boy soprano soloist for four years. Later, he played double bass and toured as a London School Symphony Orchestra member and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. David is a creative force who has pioneered the use of the arts in bus...
2024-08-211h 39
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!Navigating Leadership, Friction, Mentorship, and Legacy | Jimmy D. Smith #12"Be careful of the question you ask because you're going to get a response, and you need to do something with it." - Jimmy D. SmithSmith is currently serving in dual-CEO roles. In April 2023, Smith started “Smith Advisory Consulting” after retiring as a member of the Senior Executive Service after 32 years at the Department of the Navy. A year ago, Smith joined Pacific Engineering Incorporated, a Nebraska composite material design and manufacturing company. In 2019, Smith served as the Small Business Director for the Department of the Navy. There, he was the chief advisor to the S...
2024-08-071h 42
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!A Storyteller's Quest for Connection & Belonging | Cal Fussman #11"I always knew from that point on that a good question could get you to the most powerful person on earth." - Cal FussmanCal has lived an exciting and passionate life in which questions have played a key role. His experiences place him at the top of the list of the most interesting of people. He has either been there and done that himself, or hung out with those who have.Cal grew up in Long Island, New York, and attended college in Missouri. He went from writing sports articles and having drinks with...
2024-07-2957 min
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!Derek Sivers: Challenging Conventions, Reframing, & The Intentional Path | Derek Sivers #09"When I've been doing one thing or staying in one place for a while, It actively feels harmful to keep doing the same thing I've been doing." - Derek SiversDerek is a unique human who consistently pushes the edges of convention, tests his assumptions, and embraces the new realities he finds on the other side. His identities have included musician, circus ringmaster, traveler, entrepreneur, father, programmer, speaker, and author. Derek gave three TED Talks in 2010, which have amassed 23 million views. His latest book, "Useful Not True" will be released in 2024. Although American, he is a world...
2024-06-221h 27
Curated Questions: Conversations Celebrating the Power of Questions!Finding Good, Fighting Loneliness, and Embracing Self-Interested Curiosity | Brian Fretwell #08"Connection is the sharing of one person's experience, that leaves both people better" - Brian FretwellBrian, the Founder of Finding Good, is on a mission to transform conversations. His unique methodology, rooted in the science of connection, has the power to turn listening from a transaction into a transformation. It's a beacon of hope for those seeking more meaningful interactions. Brian has explored how listening can be the most effective tool for change when we use the right questions. He also touches upon the concept of 'experience vs projection,' highlighting how our own ex...
2024-05-301h 28
Choose to be CuriousEp. #228: Wrestling with Questions, with Ken WoodwardWe talk a lot about questions here on Choose to Be Curious. But talking about questions is one thing, really wresting with them is another.
Ken Woodward not only curates questions, he leans into them. Big time. And that has changed his life in ways large and small that are an inspiration to me. I think they will be for you, as well.
“Wrestling with the questions has allowed me space for me to work through the emotions, the thoughts, the processing. All of that comes through questioning, doing some journaling, and kind of making my way through that challenge.” ~ Ken...
2024-04-2428 min
Pod BuffetCurated Questions by Ken Woodward
Curated Questions is curating the worlds most important and interesting questions. The podcast engages experts who are implementing best practices to make the most of each question.https://www.curatedquestions.com/podcast
2020-01-2006 min