The Power of Personal Artefacts Storytelling Question Bank

The Power of Personal Artefacts Storytelling Question Bank

For Coaches, Facilitators and Leaders

Supporting Meaningful Conversations About Objects That Guide Your WorkLife Story

"Every object tells a story. The most powerful ones tell yours – past, present, and future – all at once."

200+ Questions to Open, Deepen, and Guide The Power of Personal Artefacts Conversations

This question bank provides 200+ ready-to-use questions designed to help coaches, facilitators, and leaders open, deepen, and guide conversations with clients or colleagues using personal artefacts to access deeper wisdom, navigate crossroads, and communicate authentic professional identity through objects that have witnessed their journey.

Ten Essential Conversation Frameworks:

1. Opening Artefact Conversations – Questions that help clients or colleagues explore meaningful possessions and their significance
2. Identifying Identity Artefacts – Questions for recognising objects that tell who we truly are
3. Discovering Value Artefacts – Questions about possessions that embody principles and beliefs
4. Exploring Journey Artefacts – Questions for finding objects that connect us to our past
5. Understanding Connection Artefacts – Questions about items that bridge technical and human
6. Recognising Vision Artefacts – Questions for identifying collections that whisper of dreams
7. Honouring Legacy Artefacts – Questions about possessions that carry wisdom worth sharing
8. Using Artefacts for Decision-Making – Questions for accessing object wisdom during crossroads
9. Artefact Storytelling in Professional Contexts – Questions about using objects to communicate identity and holding space for object narratives
10. Supporting Others' Artefact Discovery – Questions for facilitating meaningful object relationships, and holding space for supporting artefact discovery

Throughout the question bank, questions are organised by professional development purpose, allowing you to quickly find language that fits your client’s or colleague’s current moment. Each section includes questions that invite exploration, helping others discover their own clarity about how personal artefacts can guide authentic navigation and professional storytelling.

This resource stands alone as a practical tool for immediate use in professional development sessions, with deeper exploration of artefact wisdom available in School of WorkLife's The Power of Personal Artefacts to Guide Your WorkLife Story.

One-time purchase. Unlimited professional use in individual and group settings.