"Where's Binky?" I asked my mother.

She explained I was a big boy now, and big boys did not use binkies, so she put it somewhere because I would not need it anymore. But this did not answer my question. I asked about Binky's location, not its appropriateness! I asked where, she answered why and how.

I never learned where Binky went, and I don't remember how my toddler brain processed this confusion. But I'd like to think it was the first time I realized there are always better questions to ask, and better answers to find.

I am currently asking questions about the following topics:

policy and organizational learning efficacy
diffusion of policy ideas, experiences, knowledge, and best practices
innovation, particularly related to alternative energy
writing processes
productivity, organization, and workflows
paradigm shift from environmental to sustainability law and public policy
why mitigating climate change requires learning efficacy, and why most are asking the wrong questions
the role of policy implementation, technological innovation, and public-private partnerships
how the "laboratories of democracy" ideal could be realized by policymakers, utilities, and businesses if they started asking better questions