Ask Better Questions

I’m teaching an MBA course at Mankato State University – MBA 690 Executive Series.  The class is filled with amazing students – bright, inquisitive and well informed.

We’ve lined up some great speakers.  Our first guest was Lorin Krueger, former CEO of Winland Electronics and current start-up entrepreneur.

I’ve facilitated guest speakers before, but have never seen the level of engagement and “better questions” than I’ve seen in this class.  The students even started a blog to facilitate sharing articles and topic ideas prior to meeting Lorin.

The 2 hour exchange was amazing – the students really dug into his life’s story and drew knowledge that would have been left behind without their research and questions. Of course it does help to have great people like Lorin that naturally encourages friendly and frank discussions.

In the coming days I am going to try to chronicle the highlights of our class… stay tuned.