Tap More Brain Power by Asking Two-Footed Questions

Leaders who draw on multiple intelligences find gems in many rooms & across cultures ... Ellen Weber

Are you using more than one or two intelligences at work? What difference does it make? Tapping more of your smarts at work leads to innovation and invention... For starters, why not try it as you blog. How?...

Ask a two-footed question from the perspective of a person who is highly musical, for instance, and see how it changes the way you think. Your question might be...How would key ideas for my topic be expressed by a symphony conductor?

Jot down key words and see where it takes you...

Here's a spotlight on bloggers whose work shines as they tapped a variety of intelligences this week. Ask new questions... See what sparks ideas...

Spatial Intelligence What difference do art, images and cartoons make to you as a blogger? Lisa Gates tapped into the brilliance of using a visual image as a writing prompt on fear. She asked people to "Write What Scares You." Somehow, looking at the image brings more ideas to mind... Does it help you think differently?

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence Interested in plotting and monitoring your exercise from your cell phone and other devices? Sally at Interactive Health informs us about exciting new possibilities:

A group called Trip Tracker SPORTSMATE are currently looking for willing testers to join their new site and give them feedback on their system. You will need to have a GPS enabled device so that you can upload your .gpx, NMEA or Garmin Trainingcenter history files.

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence - Celebrate and make the most of milestones! Gavin Heaton is doing just that because of his 500th Technorati link. He's a Star that shines in the midst of the Milky Way. If you haven't visited his site, be sure to visit, wish him well and poke around to find amazing posts! And, if you give Gavin a link, you'll send him great link love!

Naturalistic Intelligence What if someone took note that you really care about the natural world? To Bob Hruzek's surprise, people noticed his actions when he cleaned a camp trail of trash to enjoy the outdoors even more and model that for kids. Bob'd volunteered to be a counselor at a children's camp and at the end of his stint, one of the Camp Board members asked him to be the Camp Caretaker. Amazingly, as he reflected, Bob saw that he has smarts he had never really recognized in past. Note his thoughtful question:

Suppose you discovered, quite by accident, that you were really good at some… thing you’ve never done before. Suddenly, out of the blue, an opportunity to do it for real dropped out of the sky and landed right in your lap.

What would you do?

Intrapersonal Intelligence It takes a strong person to admit weaknesses as Terry Starbucker and with fun to boot regarding SEO skills. He described these as "Screw Everything Openly." While many people jump to the forefront to tell you how great they are, Terry Starbucker's humility and fun sure go a long way. That's a sign of high intrapersonal intelligece.

Interpersonal Intelligence Steli tells folks in the blogosphere that he's grateful he has a blog. And he provides links to others who have helped him enjoy his blogging experience. Thanking folks publicly benefits all and really grows community. Thanks, Steli for modeling this!

Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence Do you have an easy way for non-English speakers to translate your text? Mike Sansone discusses some translation tools that provide visitors fast access to their own language. That's smart, Mike and I'm checking it out.

Musical Intelligence A jingle campaign? Evidently Pringles launched a contest for users to create a video of their jingle using musical smarts to take it to the top. Many talk about what makes a great brand... but, have you ever considered ways music might enhance yours? Cord Silverstein "would love your thoughts on what you like and what could be better" about Jingles for Pringles.

Hmmm...what tune comes to mind for your brand?

Try asking two-footed questions that tap intelligences you have never used for developing a project at work this week or even as you blog... Please come back and tell us about it...