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?…
"Why do I play videogames?" And "why do I enjoy this specific type of game?" - If you ever wondered: This is for you. Let's discover different types of games, different human needs and the answer to the question: "Why do we play videogames?" in this three-part series. Part 3 is all about the "us": Apex Legends is a revolution, trolls are actually social and "1v1 me bruh". Part 1: "I wanna be the very best!" Part 2: "Be yourself!" Part 3: "It's dangerous to go alone!" You can find me on: Twitch.tv/janamiplays - twitter.com/Janamiplays - instagram.com/janamiplays/…
"Why do I play videogames?" And "why do I enjoy this specific type of game?" - If you ever wondered: This is for you. Let's discover different types of games, different human needs and the answer to the question: "Why do we play videogames?" in this three-part series. Part 1: "I wanna be the very best!" Part 2: "Be yourself!" Part 3: "It's dangerous to go alone!" You can find me on: Twitch.tv/janamiplays - twitter.com/Janamiplays - instagram.com/janamiplays/…
"Why do I play videogames?" And "why do I enjoy this specific type of game?" - If you ever wondered: This is for you. Let's discover different types of games, different human needs and the answer to the question: "Why do we play videogames?" in this three-part series. Part 1: "I wanna be the very best!" Part 2: "Be yourself!" Part 3: "It's dangerous to go alone!" You can find me on: Twitch.tv/janamiplays - twitter.com/Janamiplays - instagram.com/janamiplays/…
Mental health is an important topic most people come across sooner or later. Joined by the wonderful BijouBat we go over specific examples of representation of mental health issues done wrong and right! Minor SPOILER Warning for Stardew Valley, skip ~ 50 sec if you don't want to listen. Other games mentioned are: Celeste, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Night In The Woods, and more. The conversation was recorded in one sitting and is meant to be listened to completely, don't miss part 1! It's a very meaningful topic for both of us and we hope you'll not only enjoy it as much as we did, but also find a lesson and inspiration in our words. Take care ♥…
Mental health is an important topic most people come across sooner or later. Joined by the wonderful BijouBat we establish a foundation and share our personal experience on the topic before talking about specific games and their depiction of mental health issues. The conversation was recorded in one sitting and is meant to be listened to completely, you'll LOVE part 2! It's a very meaningful topic for both of us and we hope you'll not only enjoy it as much as we did, but also find a lesson and inspiration in our words. Take care ♥…
Why does it even matter who we play? For this episode I was joined by the wonderful EvaUnaLove, who you can find at twitch.tv/evaunalove , to discuss and talk about our experiences on that topic. Intro Sequence until 6:00, if you wish to skip it. Starting with a little smalltalk we will go over a lot of different topics including games like: Pokemon, League of Legends, Overwatch, Tomb Raider, and more. Which characters did inspire us, and which failed to? When did we feel invited into the world of a game? What would we wish for the future? And at the very end: What can we learn from all of that? The intro was heavily inspired by Skyrim, made and published by Bethesda. Soundeffects by "Sword Coast Soundscapes", YouTube. Special thanks to: Lowrain and NalloVint for helping with the script, My friends Evy, Munk, as well as Lowrain and Nallo, for their awesome support everywhere, OpteeMystic, who did the Art for the podcast AND twitchchannel.…