{"id":13661,"date":"2016-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/spigit-executive-releases-new-book\/"},"modified":"2016-09-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T00:00:00","slug":"spigit-executive-releases-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/spigit-executive-releases-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Planview IdeaPlace Executive Releases New Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feature-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/spigit-blog-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/doug-collins-book.png\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>Today, we&#x2019;re proud to share the release of a <a href=https:\/\/www.planview.com\/products-solutions\/products\/spigit\/>new book authored<\/a> by Doug Collins, VP of Innovation Architecture at Planview IdeaPlace.<\/p>\n<p>This book, titled <i>Great Question! Generating Effective Questions for Successful Outcomes,<\/i> is intended for the leader of a group of people who would like to help that group identify the critical question for the purposes of innovation, collaboration, and problem solving.<\/p>\n<p>The book comes in four parts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Setting context<\/li>\n<li>Identifying the challenge<\/li>\n<li>Framing the question<\/li>\n<li>Convening the community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each part includes worksheets that the leader can use with their teams. And can be used to achieve better results through asking the right questions.<\/p>\n<p>When asked where the inspiration for the book came from, Doug explained: &#x201C;In my experience, many will find themselves frustrated when their innovation challenges or small group brainstorms don&#x2019;t produce useful outcomes. This commonly observed problem motivated me to write <i>Great Question!<\/i> to guide anyone who wants to succeed by framing the right questions for the desired transformation.&#x201D;<\/p>\n<p><i>Great Question! Generating Effective Questions for Successful Outcomes <\/i>can be purchased today on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Question-Generating-Effective-Questions-Successful\/dp\/0985437456\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we&#x2019;re proud to share the release of a new book authored by Doug Collins, VP of Innovation Architecture at Planview IdeaPlace. This book, titled Great Question! 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