Questions Every Organization Should Ask
Great organizations don't have better answers, they ask better questions. Good questions help organizations understand themselves, their world, and their constituents. Try asking a few good questions in your organization, and see what happens. Here are a few of our favorites.
- What does our mission demand of us that we aren't doing?
- What are we doing that isn't part of our mission?
- Who does our mission say that we serve?
- How well are we serving them?
- What do we do better than any other organization in the world?
- What are we trying to do that someone else does better?
- What changes will have the greatest impact on our constituents?
- What will have the greatest impact on our operations in the next five years?
- What external change would make our mission irrelevant?
- What kinds of people care about our organization?
- What role do we play in the lives of our constituents?
- What would people miss the most if we went away?