The quality of the question influences the quality response.
Imagine you are about to step down as President of the International Skeptics Society...
One night you answer a knock at the door to find a small alien who offers you a million dollars in unmarked bills to serve for another three years.
Do you...
- Decline his offer and report the incident to the society which must now disband?
- Take the cash and agree to continue. What's one meeting once a month anyway?
- Take the cash, shoot the alien and bury him in the backyard?
- Take the cash, shoot the alien and sell him on e-bay?
Life and business is full of moral and ethical dilemmas. By facing up to these questions we find out how we think and also recognise that our original thoughts, ideas and decisions don’t have to be our only ones.
Does your first response need to be your ultimate response?