Episode Notes [03:47] Seth's Early Understanding of Questions [04:33] The Power of Questions [05:25] Building Relationships Through Questions [06:41] This is Strategy: Focus on Questions [10:21] Gamifying Questions [11:34] Conversations as Infinite Games [15:32] Creating Tension with Questions [20:46] Effective Questioning Techniques [23:21] Empathy and Engagement [34:33] Strategy and Culture [35:22] Microsoft's Transformation [36:00] Global Perspectives on Questions [39:39] Caring in a Challenging World Resources Mentioned The Dip by Seth Godin Linchpin by Seth Godin Purple Cow by Seth Godin Tribes by Seth Godin This Is Marketing by Seth Godin The Carbon Almanac This is Strategy by Seth Godin Seth's Blog What Does it Sound Like When You Change Your Mind? by Seth Godin Value Creation Masterclass by Seth Godin on Udemy The Strategy Deck by Seth Godin Taylor Swift Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith Curated Questions Episode Supercuts Priya Parker Techstars Satya Nadella Microsoft Steve Ballmer Acumen Jerry Colonna Unleashing the Idea Virus by Seth Godin Tim Ferriss podcast with Seth Godin Seth Godin website Beauty Pill Producer Ben Ford Questions Asked When did you first understand the power of questions? What do you do to get under the layer to really get down to those lower levels? Is it just follow-up questions, mindset, worldview, and how that works for you? How'd you get this job anyway? What are things like around here? What did your boss do before they were your boss? Wow did you end up with this job? Why are questions such a big part of This is Strategy? If you had to charge ten times as much as you charge now, what would you do differently? If it had to be free, what would you do differently? Who's it for, and what's it for? What is the change we seek to make? How did you choose the questions for The Strategy Deck? How big is our circle of us? How many people do I care about? Is the change we're making contagious? Are there other ways to gamify the use of questions? Any other thoughts on how questions might be gamified? How do we play games with other people where we're aware of what it would be for them to win and for us to win? What is it that you're challenged by? What is it that you want to share? What is it that you're afraid of? If there isn't a change, then why are we wasting our time? Can you define tension? What kind of haircut do you want? How long has it been since your last haircut? How might one think about intentionally creating that question? What factors should someone think about as they use questions to create tension? How was school today? What is the kind of interaction I'm hoping for over time? How do I ask a different sort of question that over time will be answered with how was school today? Were there any easy questions on your math homework? Did anything good happen at school today? What tension am I here to create? What wrong questions continue to be asked? What temperature is it outside? When the person you could have been meets the person you are becoming, is it going to be a cause for celebration or heartbreak? What are the questions we're going to ask each other? What was life like at the dinner table when you were growing up? What are we really trying to accomplish? How do you have this cogent two sentence explanation of what you do? How many clicks can we get per visit? What would happen if there was a webpage that was designed to get you to leave? What were the questions that were being asked by people in authority at Yahoo in 1999? How did the stock do today? Is anything broken? What can you do today that will make the stock go up tomorrow? What are risks worth taking? What are we doing that might not work but that supports our mission? What was the last thing you did that didn't work, and what did we learn from it? What have we done to so delight our core customers that they're telling other people? How has your international circle informed your life of questions? What do I believe that other people don't believe? What do I see that other people don't see? What do I take for granted that other people don't take for granted? What would blank do? What would Bob do? What would Jill do? What would Susan do? What happened to them? What system are they in that made them decide that that was the right thing to do? And then how do we change the system? How given the state of the world, do you manage to continue to care as much as you do? Do you walk to school or take your lunch? If you all can only care if things are going well, then what does that mean about caring? Should I have spent the last 50 years curled up in a ball? How do we go to the foundation and create community action?…
Wherein Season 2 finds its close. Women as volcanos, sparking gods, skeletons of ancient seas creatures, and revelations in the car. This is the Mending Walls podcast mentioned in the show. Join the GlamourHobo Nation and support the show on Patreon.com/CarmelClavin Discover more projects at www.SpectacleAndMirth.com Writer & Host: Carmel Clavin Produced by Carmel Clavin for Spectacle & Mirth Music: Steven Warrick (ukulele) Reverend Bill Howard (guitar) Jaguardini (accordion) Eleanor Graham (cello) Featuring Rev. Bill's "Girl on the Stage" song. Find him HERE. Thanks to Kolezan for the party sounds via Creative Commons which you can find HERE…
Wherein highways harmonize, bushes battle blooms, tidal waves of toddlers ruin lunch, and bird girls breathe in brass notes. Join the GlamourHobo Nation and support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CarmelClavin Discover more projects at www.SpectacleAndMirth.com Writer & Host: Carmel Clavin Music: Carmel Clavin (piano) Street Musician Playing Renaissance Melody on Glockenspiel by _MC5_ (sourced from the Creative Commons) "Shamblin" by Ben Reece off his new album Hard Times…
Wherein time, memories, sorcerers, cryogenics, and immortal creatures are introduced for your delight here at the end of 2020. Writer & Host: Carmel Clavin Music: Eleanor Graham (cello), Jaguardini (accordion), Carmel Clavin (piano), field recordings collected of a funana jam session in Cape Verde 2017 at the atelier of a luthier. Join the GlamourHobo Nation and support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CarmelClavin www.SpectacleAndMirth.com…
Dear Ones, I present to you a singular story, in the sense that it's one continuous tale composed over 700 miles to and from Richmond VA and Asheville NC for a wedding gig in June of 2019. Its a visceral and vulnerable and addresses you directly, Dear Ones. Credits: Writing, producing, performing: Carmel Clavin Music: Jaguardini (accordion) Carmel Clavin (piano)…
Folio 8: Vivid Violence launches Season 2 of the show with behind the scenes footage, more stories from the 'Rona times, an episode twice as long as usual, and a theme exploring violence without engaging in torturous graphic descriptions. Storyteller & Writer: Carmel Clavin Music by: Jaguardini (accordion), Reverend Bill Howard (guitar), Master Eleanor Graham (cello) and Carmel Clavin (piano.) Produced by Spectacle & Mirth Support the show on Patreon.com/CarmelClavin #Glamourhobo #100MileStories PS: Remember that blood spatter I mentioned...well here is the proof:…
This special holiday collection consists of 3 stories I wrote while delivering singing telegrams today, Christmas 2019. They are delightful and dark and yes, my Christmas Elf name is, Dollop. Storyteller & Writer: Carmel Clavin Music: William Howard (guitar) Carmel Clavin (melodeon) #GlamourHobo #100Mile Stories Produced by Spectacle & Mirth…
Folio 6: Uncovering Delight spins the story of discovering pockets of happiness - whether they be forgotten, fictional, or manufactured. Storyteller & Writer: Carmel Clavin Music: William Howard (guitar) Eleanor Graham (cello) #GlamourHobo #100Mile Stories Produced by Spectacle & Mirth
Folio 5 examines a revisionist history, an imaginary history, and an idealized history. Oh - and the loss of time to the entropy of "The Commute." Storyteller & Writer: Carmel Clavin Music: William Howard (guitar) Eleanor Graham (cello) Scott Campbell (Octomandolin) Featuring a selection of traditional "Lowlands of Holland," and Person Y (mystery guitar.) #GlamourHobo #100Mile Stories Produced by Spectacle & Mirth…
A lack of snacks on the road can lead to beastly behavior and unforgivable imaginings. Storyteller & Writer: Carmel Clavin Music: Valerie Meiss (saw) William Howard (guitar) Scott Campbell (Octomandolin) Featuring a selection of traditional "Lowlands of Holland" and and my original song "Chapeau." Hear the whole thing with The Judy Chops HERE. #GlamourHobo #100Mile Stories Produced by Spectacle & Mirth…
An episode just scratching the surface of my small town weirdo cache. Monsters? Mad scientists? MAYBE. Music: Eleanor Graham (cello) Valerie Meiss (saw) William Howard (guitar) Mike Pressel (Organ.) Featuring pieces of the always weird and oft forgotten song "Swamp Girl" and and my original score of a tune from Ben Johnson's 1616 holiday play "Christmas, His Masque." #GlamourHobo #100Mile Stories Produced by Carmel Clavin of Spectacle & Mirth…
Within this folio you will discover otherworlds and places. From hyperlocal to hyperspace. Host & writer: Carmel Clavin Music herein found: Eleanor Graham (cello) William Howard (guitar) and Valerie Meiss (singing saw)
This is a thematic introduction to Glamour Hobo life. Travel, food, tall tales, magic, spectacle, and vulnerability abound. Stories by Carmel Clavin // Music by Eleanor Graham and Mikey Collins