Did you know that you already
have your very own serving men?
... and they cost you nothing!

What Did the Question Master Have to say?

I keep six honest serving-men,
They taught me all I knew;
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.

~ Rudyard Kipling

Has anything really changed since Kipling?

Want to find something important out?
Now is the Time ask a Question!
Can you do better than opening your question with one of those six little words that Kipling identified?

WHEN or WHY or WHAT
HOW or WHERE or WHO

Make the serving men work well for you.
Practice making the first questions you ask start with one of them.
They normally kick off questions that are OPEN in structure.

When is it best to ask OPEN questions?

When should you ask CLOSED questions?

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