Finally, translate the ideal into habits. Before proposing answers, articulate your gap: what am I missing. Then make the question braver by adding vulnerability or stakes: what evidence would change my mind; who is affected if I am wrong. In teams, use how might we framing to invite collaboration rather than defensiveness, and rotate facilitation so permission to ask is widely shared. Step by step, these practices ensure that the answer waiting inside the first brave question has a fair chance to speak. [...]
