Senior executives will make judgements about you – not of the quality of your answers – but on the quality of your questions.
Consider this, if tomorrow you had a short slice of potential face to face time with a senior executive to tap their wisdom, or ask a topical question about your business – would you have a ‘ready-to-speak’ thought-provoking/insightful question to ask them? As the philosopher Seneca is reported to have said: