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Q&A: When is an expert not an expert?


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I asked LinkedIn for examples of their worst post-event Q&A questions

“I have a two part question…”

No, I’m sorry, that’s just two questions.

Nothing quite drains the brain like a post-event Q&A that gets commandeered by brainmeltingly bad questions.

I’m talking about the droning monologue that ends with no question at all.

That person who tries to wedge their super-niche area of interest into a question shape.

Or, everybody’s absolute favourite, the oblivious microphone hogger.

Every one of us has likely had to sit through the most crushingly boring Q&As with this cast of characters and beyond.

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I recently asked my network on LinkedIn about the worst offenders they’ve seen in a Q&A? And the responses were pure gold…

LinkedIn response about bad Q&A questions 1
LinkedIn response about bad Q&A questions 2
LinkedIn response about bad Q&A questions 3
LinkedIn response about bad Q&A questions 4
LinkedIn response about bad Q&A questions 5

Please share your favourite examples of asinine Q&A utterances in the comments below.


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