Episode Notes [03:47] Seth's Early Understanding of Questions [04:33] The Power of Questions [05:25] Building Relationships Through Questions [06:41] This is Strategy: Focus on Questions [10:21] Gamifying Questions [11:34] Conversations as Infinite Games [15:32] Creating Tension with Questions [20:46] Effective Questioning Techniques [23:21] Empathy and Engagement [34:33] Strategy and Culture [35:22] Microsoft's Transformation [36:00] Global Perspectives on Questions [39:39] Caring in a Challenging World Resources Mentioned The Dip by Seth Godin Linchpin by Seth Godin Purple Cow by Seth Godin Tribes by Seth Godin This Is Marketing by Seth Godin The Carbon Almanac This is Strategy by Seth Godin Seth's Blog What Does it Sound Like When You Change Your Mind? by Seth Godin Value Creation Masterclass by Seth Godin on Udemy The Strategy Deck by Seth Godin Taylor Swift Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith Curated Questions Episode Supercuts Priya Parker Techstars Satya Nadella Microsoft Steve Ballmer Acumen Jerry Colonna Unleashing the Idea Virus by Seth Godin Tim Ferriss podcast with Seth Godin Seth Godin website Beauty Pill Producer Ben Ford Questions Asked When did you first understand the power of questions? What do you do to get under the layer to really get down to those lower levels? Is it just follow-up questions, mindset, worldview, and how that works for you? How'd you get this job anyway? What are things like around here? What did your boss do before they were your boss? Wow did you end up with this job? Why are questions such a big part of This is Strategy? If you had to charge ten times as much as you charge now, what would you do differently? If it had to be free, what would you do differently? Who's it for, and what's it for? What is the change we seek to make? How did you choose the questions for The Strategy Deck? How big is our circle of us? How many people do I care about? Is the change we're making contagious? Are there other ways to gamify the use of questions? Any other thoughts on how questions might be gamified? How do we play games with other people where we're aware of what it would be for them to win and for us to win? What is it that you're challenged by? What is it that you want to share? What is it that you're afraid of? If there isn't a change, then why are we wasting our time? Can you define tension? What kind of haircut do you want? How long has it been since your last haircut? How might one think about intentionally creating that question? What factors should someone think about as they use questions to create tension? How was school today? What is the kind of interaction I'm hoping for over time? How do I ask a different sort of question that over time will be answered with how was school today? Were there any easy questions on your math homework? Did anything good happen at school today? What tension am I here to create? What wrong questions continue to be asked? What temperature is it outside? When the person you could have been meets the person you are becoming, is it going to be a cause for celebration or heartbreak? What are the questions we're going to ask each other? What was life like at the dinner table when you were growing up? What are we really trying to accomplish? How do you have this cogent two sentence explanation of what you do? How many clicks can we get per visit? What would happen if there was a webpage that was designed to get you to leave? What were the questions that were being asked by people in authority at Yahoo in 1999? How did the stock do today? Is anything broken? What can you do today that will make the stock go up tomorrow? What are risks worth taking? What are we doing that might not work but that supports our mission? What was the last thing you did that didn't work, and what did we learn from it? What have we done to so delight our core customers that they're telling other people? How has your international circle informed your life of questions? What do I believe that other people don't believe? What do I see that other people don't see? What do I take for granted that other people don't take for granted? What would blank do? What would Bob do? What would Jill do? What would Susan do? What happened to them? What system are they in that made them decide that that was the right thing to do? And then how do we change the system? How given the state of the world, do you manage to continue to care as much as you do? Do you walk to school or take your lunch? If you all can only care if things are going well, then what does that mean about caring? Should I have spent the last 50 years curled up in a ball? How do we go to the foundation and create community action?…
Today on the show the guys are joined by Jared of the City Dweller podcast to talk about the recent announcement by the president to kill congestion pricing, the possibility of high speed rail in Ontario and Urbanism in small towns. City Dweller Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/city-dweller/id1573381444 Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Links: Car Free Water St: https://strongtownsvan.org/blog/20250215-keep-water-street-car-free-all-summer/ President to cancel congestion pricing: https://gothamist.com/news/trump-moves-to-stop-congestion-pricing-tolls-in-new-york-city Small Town Urbanism: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/2/17/walkable-check-urban-check-rural-also-check Canada Trains: https://altotrain.ca/en/ Books Mentioned: City Limits, Carmageddon, Walkable Cities, How Big things Get done, The Geography of Nowhere…
Today on the show the guys remember legend in parking reform Donald Shoup, level crossing dangers, SEPTA cuts for Eagles celebration and Donald trump looking to eliminate NYC bike lanes. Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Links: Donald Shoup: https://parkingreform.org/donald-shoup/ Level Crossing Crash: https://www.threads.net/@kslnews/post/DF-tdshuYMB?xmt=AQGz51Qc1mhwpw8vzZy7y2aBWiebOzFsoJZ_xx2AuXv9kXQ SPETA Super Bowl: https://wwww.septa.org/news/super-bowl-parade/ Trump to remove bike lanes: https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/president-trump-vows-to-remove-bike-lanes-in-nyc/…
Today on the show Ethan and Nic are joined by Frederick Jenny of the Rio Grande Plan in Salt Lake City. We talk about the RGP and the importance of citizen led projects, safe bike detours, and Oregon rail agency. The Rio Grande Plan: https://riograndeplansaltlakecity.org/ Frederick Jenny: https://www.instagram.com/theemperorsartist/ Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Links: Vancouver seawall closure: https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/02/04/vancouver-seawall-path-section-near-science-world-closed/ Oregon Rail Funding: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/i-want-people-to-be-able-to-rely-on-rail-oregon-lawmakers-push-for-rail-funding-in-transportation-package/ar-AA1yqnGv?ocid=BingNewsVerp $70K in bikes recovered: https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/11-stolen-bikes-worth-70k-recovered-from-suspected-calgary-chop-shop-police/…
Today on the show the guys are joined by Jason aka Kezl to discuss congestion pricing in Vancouver, Cleveland's Transit wins and Calgary Green line woes. Jason Z: https://www.youtube.com/@spd_bird Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Links: Lucy Maloney: https://www.onecityvancouver.ca/lucy_maloney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnJ5jzn95Ow&t=2s Calgary Green Line: https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/01/28/calgary-approves-and-carries-all-the-risk-on-new-green-line-alignment/ Alberta Rail Survey: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/albertans-want-rail-network-built-as-soon-as-possible-government-survey-results Vancouver Congestion Pricing: https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1icxik2/new_york_city_just_introduced_congestion_pricing/…
Today on the show Alex and Nic are joined by Kyler Smith of ERYNGO URBANISM to discuss tactical urbanism in Oklahoma City and progress in the face of the latest Trump administration. Eryngo Urbanism: https://www.youtube.com/@eryngo.urbanism Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Links:…
Today on the show the guys are joined by Nicolas Lamoureux, Windsor and Detroit based architect and urbanist. Topics covered range from Doug Ford's plan to buy back toll road 407, to food Detroit's food deserts. Nicolas Lamoureux: https://www.instagram.com/atelierlamoureux/ https://www.instagram.com/nicolas__lamoureux/ https://ca.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-lamoureux-655a481aa Organizations: https://bikewindsoressex.com/ https://www.windsorjaneswalk.ca/ https://activatetransitwindsoressex.ca/ https://strongdetroit.org/ https://www.bettercitiesfilmfestival.com/ https://cyclingwithoutage.org/ Architecture Firms Mentioned: https://www.stevenholl.com/ https://opticosdesign.com/ https://www.lacatonvassal.com/ Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Links: Green Line: https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/01/14/green-line-discussions-progressing-mayor-gondek-says/ 407 buy back: https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/01/10/ford-doubles-down-on-plans-to-buy-back-hwy-407-and-build-a-tunnel-under-the-401/amp/ NYC Congestion pricing update: https://new.mta.info/article/fewer-cars-faster-trips-congestion-relief-zone-tolling-data…
Today on the show the guys are joined by Reece Martin aka RMTransit to talk about his recent departure from Youtube, transit joy and what it will take for him to move to Calgary. RMTransit YT: The Train of the Future is Already Here RMTransit Mastodon: RMTransit (Moved) (@RM_Transit@mstdn.social) - Mastodon 🐘 Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Source: California Wildfires: https://abc7.com/post/socal-wildfires-how-can-help/15779040/…
On this show the guys talk about the impending implementation of congestion pricing in NYC, OC transpo extensions, Beg button controversy and the tragic plane crash in south Korea and how it relates to traffic deaths. Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Source: Snob Protectionism in Vancouver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-7UrpXq-Ek&t=1s OC Transpo: https://www.octranspo.com/en/o-train-extension/ride/lines-2-4-transition/…
Today on the show Alex and Nic talk Micromobility at CES, the power of determination and the internet isn't a real place. Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor…
Today on the show the guys are joined by Miser, a Micromobility advocate in New York City, to talk about the recent bill aimed at ebikes and other electric micromobility devices. We also talk Calgary Green Line woes, Vancouver City Councillor tuning in from a car and sharing our favourite urbanist books. Miser: https://www.youtube.com/@miser-micromobilitynyc3628 https://www.reddit.com/r/MicromobilityNYC/ Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Links: NYC Ebike registration: https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2024/12/12/nyc-proposing-licensing-and-registration-e-bikes-e-scooters-0 Green Line Calgary: https://globalnews.ca/news/10922905/city-of-calgary-provincial-green-line-alignment-cost/ Vancouver City Councillor: https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/s/wlbrqklKIM HUB Cycling: https://bikehub.ca/ Bike Portland: https://bikeportland.org/ More Neighbors Calgary: https://www.moreneighbourscalgary.ca/ Fietspad Book: https://www.blurb.ca/b/11530689-fietspad-hardcover Street Fight: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/318945/streetfight-by-janette-sadik-khan-and-seth-solomonow/9780143128977 Invisible Women: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41104077-invisible-women Geography of Nowhere: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125313.The_Geography_of_Nowhere…
This week on the show the guys talk about T-swift transit, the power of SEPTA key, vintage tickets, E-bike assassin and New FX line coming to Portland. Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Link: https://bikinginla.com/2024/12/05/ebikes-blamed-in-insurance-ceos-murder-and-riverside-county-deputy-charged-with-killing-palm-desert-bike-rider-last-year/ New FX Line: https://trimet.org/82nd/…
Today on the show Alex and Nic are joined by Arden (The Greater Discussions) To talk about bad headlines, opposition to transit oriented development and European trams. https://www.youtube.com/@TheGreaterDiscussions Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Links: Vancouver City Hall protest: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/hundreds-rally-at-vancouver-city-hall-calling-for-pause-to-broadway-plan-1.7121349 Bad new headlines: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8107z61pno…
In this episode of Radio Free Urbanism, Nic Laporte speaks with Tom Fucoloro, founder of Seattle Bike Blog. Tom shares his personal journey from car dependency to biking advocacy, debunks common myths about cycling in Seattle, and discusses the importance of integrating biking into family life. He delves into the complexities surrounding the 'missing link' in the Burke-Gilman Trail, detailing the legal battles and community responses that have shaped the current landscape. Seattle Bike Blog: https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/ Biking Uphill in the Rain: https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/shop/biking-uphill-in-the-rain-the-story-of-seattle-from-behind-the-handlebars-signed/ Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor…
In this episode Nic is Joined by Patrick of Oh The Urbanity! To discuss the latest developments of the bike lane banning fiasco in Ontario as banning lawsuits related to the removal was introduced. Oh The Urbanity! https://www.youtube.com/@OhTheUrbanity Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Links: Lawsuit Ban: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/11/21/ndp-bike-lane-bill-bans-lawsuits-against-government/ Biking in Toronto Game: https://bsky.app/profile/omarieclaire.bsky.social/post/3lbhxpml3ms2z…
In this episode of Radio Free Urbanism, host Nic is joined by Roy Symons, a professional engineer specializing in bicycle infrastructure and sustainable transportation. They discuss Roy's journey from traffic modeling to urban planning, the influence of literature on his career, and the role of social media in shaping urbanism. Roy shares insights from his travels in the Netherlands, where he documented his experiences in his book, FietsPad, highlighting the importance of cycling infrastructure and the lessons learned from different cities. In this engaging conversation, Nic and Roy Symons explore the cycling culture and infrastructure in the Netherlands, comparing it to other cities and discussing personal experiences with biking. They delve into the importance of proper cycling infrastructure, the benefits of biking, and the challenges faced in North America. Roy Symons: https://www.rollinginthecity.ca/ Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor…
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