It'd be cool if we had some new social norm ice breaker question, like "what would you change in the world if you could change one thing"
Oh I like that. Imagine the surprised look you would receive from people, lol.
I usually ask folks what excites them or what is new in their life. That tends to start the creative wheels turning and leads to deeper conversations.
Ya, I like those questions too. Open-ended and lets them choose what they want to say.
Besides being boring, the "what do you do" type of questions is almost prying in a way. You're basically quizzing them for info, whether or not they wanted to share it with you.
Hmm, hadn’t thought of it that way. What do you do is a prying question and a means to validate ourselves in the pecking order.