ASK

Global expert on adult development and learning Jeff Wetzler's hands-on, surprisingly effective approach to find out what others really think, make smarter decisions, and achieve business success - teaching how to make the path to sharing information (especially negative information about what isn't working) as safe and easy as possible.

Too often, we don't find out what others think because we don't know how to ask the right questions in the right ways. Co-founder of Transcend and former Teach for America executive Jeff Wetzler wants to show you how to fix that. In Ask, he brings you a conversation guide based on a simple premise: that learning how to ask other people what they truly think, know, and feeling is game-changing.
Wetzler reveals Five Practices, each answering an essential question:
1. Choose Curiosity: How can we increase our authentic interest in learning from others around us?
2. Make it Safe: How can we make it comfortable, easy, and appealing for others to share with us?
3. Pose Quality Questions: How can we ask questions that best tap into the experiences, perspectives, and wisdom in those around us?
4. Listen to Learn: How can we maximize the chances we'll hear what others have to say?
5. Reflect & Return: How can we process what we've heard in ways that create actionable insights and encourage ongoing learning?

The skills and messages of Ask could not be timelier. Whether the setting is in large corporation, a nonprofit, or a small business, people inside organizations need help learning to communicate and extract information in a more productive way.

Jeff Wetzler co-founded Transcend in 2015, a nonprofit that supports communities to create and spread equitable learning environments. To date it's raised over $50 million in investments. As co-CEO, Wetzler also has direct access to the foundation networks of dozens of ultra-high-net worth individuals, including Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos. Wetzler is part of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship network of over 500 leading entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from around the world, including well-known authors and influencers such as Tim Ferris, Tristan Harris, and numerous Silicon Valley leaders. Prior to Transcend, he spent a decade in senior leadership roles at Teach for America, and in international consulting.