We have found three questions are particularly valuable to reflect on the deeper learning from an experience. For this reason, we call them the _Learning Questions_.
We gently ask:
* What surprised you? * What delighted you? * What do you now wonder?
**Surprise** As we walk into the work of the neuroscientist Karl Friston, we recognized the critical importance of 'surprise' in the learning process – that which is experienced in Epistemic Foraging. It's by surprise that the inner state is disrupted by the outer state and must develop a new pattern of consciousness to restore order.
_So we look for surprise_.
**Delight** When we sit with the architect Christopher Alexander's work on emergent nature of order we recognized that his 15 properties fall into three groups, what we call an 'originating pattern'. In order for organic systems – Autopoietic Systems – to emerge, each component must have 'wholeness', 'goodness', and 'delight'. Delight is that which energizes the vital unfolding of Natural Order.
_So we look for delight_.
**Wonder** When we explore the work of the quantum physicist David Bohm, we recognized that that Deep Learning which emerges when we Walk into the Unknown opens up the next experiment of learning – one that informs new forming. This wonder awakens our spirit and makes us feel more fully human. Empowered by increasing Creative Courage, this wonder leads us into iterative Learning Cycles.
_So we look for wonder_.