Dr Lani Watson is fascinated by questions. She is a philosopher and honorary fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and formerly a research fellow at the University of Oxford.She has spent nearly two decades studying the art and science of questioning – working in schools and courtrooms, hospitals and press rooms, and in the heart of Silicon Valley. Across all her research, she has drawn one conclusion: questions are powerful. And if we learn to use them, we can harness their power for good.

Somewhere along the way, we confused intelligence with knowing answers – and that confusion is holding us back. Lani Watson traces this mistake from the classroom to the boardroom, building a case that is both unsettling and oddly freeing. Q is one of those rare books that hands you back a capability you didn't realize you'd lost

Dr Lani Watson is fascinated by questions. She is a philosopher and honorary fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and formerly a research fellow at the University of Oxford.She has spent nearly two decades studying the art and science of questioning – working in schools and courtrooms, hospitals and press rooms, and in the heart of Silicon Valley. Across all her research, she has drawn one conclusion: questions are powerful. And if we learn to use them, we can harness their power for good.

Somewhere along the way, we confused intelligence with knowing answers – and that confusion is holding us back. Lani Watson traces this mistake from the classroom to the boardroom, building a case that is both unsettling and oddly freeing. Q is one of those rare books that hands you back a capability you didn't realize you'd lost

Dr Lani Watson is fascinated by questions. She is a philosopher and honorary fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and formerly a research fellow at the University of Oxford.She has spent nearly two decades studying the art and science of questioning – working in schools and courtrooms, hospitals and press rooms, and in the heart of Silicon Valley. Across all her research, she has drawn one conclusion: questions are powerful. And if we learn to use them, we can harness their power for good.

Somewhere along the way, we confused intelligence with knowing answers – and that confusion is holding us back. Lani Watson traces this mistake from the classroom to the boardroom, building a case that is both unsettling and oddly freeing. Q is one of those rare books that hands you back a capability you didn't realize you'd lost