Ian Durias is a certified coach and a stand-up comedian. He's the founder of Copious Coaching, where he specializes in working with people who are ready to take the next steps after divorce. In this conversation, we talk about what differentiates a powerful question from other questions; how powerful questions open a conversation and encourage new insights; how to ask more powerful questions and help people lean into their own wisdom and insight; why leaders should learn to ask powerful questions of their teams; the way questions play a role in building culture and moving society forward; and much more.

Also mentioned in this episode:

1. Comedian Alex Falcone
2. Portland's Funniest Person contest
3. "A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas" by William Berger
4. Jefferson Fisher communication techniques to "help people argue less"

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