Question Categories
Relate
Easy to answer. Useful as an icebreaker at the start of a meeting or team project. Appropriate for people who don’t know each other well. Relate questions help us feel connected to others.
Reveal
Thought-provoking questions. Useful for team building. Appropriate for people who have developed a respectful and trusting working relationship.
Reveal questions help us appreciate the diversity of our beliefs and backgrounds.
Reward
Questions that encourage vulnerability. Useful for shifting a team or organizational culture. We recommend that a skilled facilitator support dialogues based on these questions.
Reward questions expose dynamics and structures that create advantages and disadvantages.