Do You Know How to Ask a Question? with Christian Kram

[mwinteringham (Mark Winteringham)]

For our tenth session of TestBash Home 2021, @christian takes to the stage to explore how we ask questions, what even are questions and how to deal with different communication styles.

We’ll use this Club thread to share resources mentioned during the talk and answer any questions we don’t get to during the live session.

[christinepinto]

Questions we didn’t get to

1. Tehreem Fatima: How to deal with the imposter syndrome? because it gives thoughts that your question can be so very simple

Resources mentioned

• Connect with @christian https://twitter.com/chr_kram
• Blogs by Christian http://www.testknight.de/
• Book Tip Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long
• David Rock’s SCARF Model
• Psychology of Asking Questions – Iain Bright | MoT
• The Art of Asking Questions – Karen Johnson | MoT

[christian (Christian Kram)]

Thanks everyone for the great questions at the talk.

How to deal with the impostor syndrome and easy questions: Well, I am no specialist on how to deal with that, so I’d first of all involve people who are more adept for that.
And, personally, I think asking simple questions, is an art. They are often down to the point and allow me as the receiver (to stay in that vocabulary) to get into answering instead of just responding. So I’d judge that actually as a skill
There is a German idiom along the lines of “there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers” and I think that one is pretty true.

[tehreemfatima]

Thanks for answering this question.