"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever" – Chinese proverb.

What's the one thing that the world's leading innovators share with children? They both learn through asking questions. It's the simplest and most effective way of learning. Yet somehow we have forgotten this lesson as we get older. We just don't value questioning as much as we should.

Not asking good or even enough questions has a direct impact on the quality of choices you make. Habituating the art of asking questions enables you to gain deep insight, develop more innovative solutions and to arrive at better decision-making.

Brilliant thinkers and scientists never stop asking questions. "Asking questions is the single most important habit for innovative thinkers," says Paul Sloane, the UK's top leadership speaker on innovation.

"Good questioning should stimulate, provoke, inform and inspire" says Sloane, while Berger feels it can "help us learn, explore the unknown and adapt to change".

Source: http://www.ogilvydo.com/topics/features/the-importance-of-asking-questions/