About notasked.com
Who I am
My name is Johannes Faupel. Since 2001, I’ve worked at the intersection of communication, systems thinking, and public / private health.
I always search the “right” questions (means: the not yet asked questions) that matter and open new perspectives. My background spans social work (like drug aid), digital strategy and marketing, crisis counseling, and complex system analysis. I am collaborating with clinicians, educators, CEOs, and non-profits, driven by one idea:
Meaningful progresses begin with a not yet asked question
Why I started notasked.com
Breakthroughs come not directly from answers. To get new answers, we have to find new questions. Every specialization limits itself by specializing. This paradox is not eternal. It can be solved by asking questions outside the specialization. For the specialist, these questions may sound naive. For the topic, they are the crucial injection of non-bias.
In my systemic work, I see recurring blind spots. At the edges of these blind spots, we find knowledge graphs that simply had not been connected to the blind spot. Many questions live as orphaned phenomena without any connection to anything.
What kind of questions do we develop here?
We focus on scientific, medical, physical, educational, environmental, and sociological questions. Key to progress is optimal level of reasoning. That’s why we do not touch directly the great global questions like “Why is there a war – and why does mankind not learn?” These broad and philosophical questions are not directly touched be the systems of notasked.com
What systems work behind alsoasked.com?
The most important system is the human mind. It selects the topics, it delivers the set-ups and injections of the Large Language Models behind notasked. To deliver substantial new questions, the already asked questions have to be discovered, first. notasked.com researches the consensus. It then adds cross-domain scientific fields that do not fit at the first view. This is why humans are the central instance in notasked. No AI would “dare” to deliver naive and next-to-zero-evidence. The AI can only deliver random “nonsense” pairings, but not a meaningful creative approach. This is the art of connecting the non-fit and create a perfect-fit, an evolving state and topic-constellation.
We also do focus on problems ignored because they weren’t profitable
To mention not the worst ones, topics like Tinnitus research are not lucrative for the associated industries. So, this is a field to question deeper.
notasked.com was born to detect the one, neglected, overlooked and critical question – the Quaestio incognita to enable the specialists insider their natural heuristics for searching outside.
Purpose
Quaestio incognita is Latin for “the unknown question.” On notasked.com, it means the single, well-defined question in each field or issue area that remains unanswered, unaddressed, or invisible to mainstream research.
A Quaestio incognita is chosen through careful analysis:
- Could this be fundamental to real-world outcomes?
- Is it neglected or overseen by industry or major funding?
- Does it point toward new understanding or practical change?
We focus on clarity, evidence, and direct impact—every question is stated precisely, with references and a practical brief, not just speculation.
Audience for the purely ethical part of notasked
notasked.com is for:
- Researchers and scientists seeking breakthrough problems, not just incremental gains.
- NGOs, public health officials, and policy makers searching for blind spots in their domain.
- Clinicians, social workers, and educators on the front lines of seldom-discussed challenges.
- Funders and philanthropists looking for high-impact, overlooked opportunities.
- Anyone who values real progress and is unafraid to challenge consensus or look beyond the obvious.
Audience for the enterprise part of notasked
notasked.com is for:
- Enterprises that want to develop new solutions
- Organizations that are eager to set-up improved self-organizasion
- Teams and companies looking to identify blind spots in their strategic planning
- Research & development departments searching for overlooked leverage points
- Innovation managers aiming to go beyond incremental change and discover real opportunity gaps
- Corporate responsibility teams who need to address hidden or non-obvious risks
- Consultancies and facilitators supporting organizations to challenge internal consensus
- Stakeholders who want to understand complex systems and benefit from external, cross-domain perspectives
How paid questions support public questions
Payments from organizations and private clients are used to co-finance the development and publication of public-interest questions on notasked.com. This supports independent research and keeps core topics accessible without advertising or industry influence.
Submit a Question
Do you see a critical, unasked question in your field?
Do you encounter challenges that never make it into academic journals or public debate?
Submit your proposed Quaestio incognita by writing to ask@notasked.com or contact me directly at info@johannesfaupel.com Every submission is carefully reviewed for clarity, relevance, and originality.
Thank you for visiting and for your interest. Progress starts by asking what others do not.
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