by Paul Quinn | Jun 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Emergency rooms are not safe places to make assumptions. That’s why nurses who are unafraid to ask questions can significantly improve the health outcomes for their patients. Elizabeth Even, MSN, RN, CEN, is an emergency department nurse at Northwestern Memorial...
by Paul Quinn | Jun 1, 2022 | Asking - Cultural Attitudes, Asking - Entrepreneurs, Asking - Relationships, Asking - Travel
In this article we explore my interviewee’s life-changing ask, her thoughts on Indian women’s attitudes about asking, and how she views asking differently at work and home. Adele Nandan is founder and chief experience officer of The JoYOUs Journey, a...
by Paul Quinn | May 24, 2022 | Asking - Cultural Attitudes, Asking - Travel
To Keiran Meeke’s way of thinking, tourists and travelers are not the same. Tourists are spectators. But travelers, he says, engage and learn from people. And that can be transformative. It can even give you better photos, a private viewing of the Georgian...
by Paul Quinn | May 17, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Cultural Attitudes, Asking - Professional Development, Asking - Social Impact, Asking - Workplace
A few years ago, after I gave a talk at Northeastern Illinois University on the subject of asking as a life skill, a student of Asian descent raised his hand and asked if I had any stories in my book from Asian people (at the time I didn’t). When I said no, he...
by Paul Quinn | May 16, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Workplace
It sounds like a riddle: How do you know to ask for important information when you don’t know there’s important information to ask for? Most of us trust that the information we’ll need to navigate a new situation will be helpfully volunteered if it’s not obvious...
