Rethinking Blackstone

Breakout 1

Please discuss with your partners:

• Why did you choose your self-evaluation score number (1-10)?

• What are the most common situations where you need to reThink?

• Who have you seen do it well?

• What questions/challenges do you have about it?

Breakout 2

Please discuss with your partners:

• What’s an assumption that you’ve been rethinking lately? How/Why?

• Have you tested/tried anything new lately?

• What excites you? What is one resource you think more people should be aware of in Blackstone (beyond where we tend to look)?

• Who’s in your challenge network? How do you keep open to being challenged?

Breakout 3

• How can you better create task conflict without causing relationship conflict?

• What are your favorite ways to find common ground across differences?

• In a heated debate, what questions have you found helpful for opening others’ minds?

• How can we make it safer to discuss new ideas?

Breakout 4

Please discuss with your partners:

• What areas?

• What assumptions to test?

• What resources to look to?

• What questions to start asking? (What if) BTW, fun What If prompts— https://www.boardofinnovation.com/staff_picks/50-what-if-questions-to-reimagine-the-future/