Curiosity - Leaders Worth Following

October 17, 2021October 15, 2021Ideas, Innovation, Personal Growth

Intellectual Curiosity, Critical Thinking and Perspective Taking

Just finished reading by Hank Barnes on Gartner’s blog where he talks about his pet peeves with the B2B world and I quote My biggest pet peeve is that the B2B world has DEVOLVED to a world where three things don’t seem to be valued anymore – Hank Barnes (On the Gartner blog) The three things that he mentions are “Intellectual Curiosity, Critical Thinking and Perspective taking”. While he talks from the perspective of Businesses dealing with other Businesses, I reckon, these are true for each and everyone of us and in every sphere of life – both personal and professional. While […]

January 4, 2018Innovation, Leadership

6 ways to grow your curiosity

Holding a curious mindset is a great starting point when you’re leading your team or organization. If you’re in a truly new space, you won’t always know the answers. Your team won’t either. You’re going to venture into the unknown together. Curiosity is a great way to lead that charge.” –Tim Brown, IDEO CEO Premise: It is human tendency to look for answers or solutions, the moment a question or a challenge is posed. We feel good about having solved the problem. There is a rush of dopamine and that enforces this routine again. However, if we are to […]

August 27, 2013Marketing

Don’t Just Create Content, Create Curiosity

Nothing has had more impact on the amount of content being created than the advent and growth of social media. There has been a growing consensus that every single brand is now a media by itself. Every brand is continuing to generate content at a speed at which their consumers are not even able to consume the content. The shelf life of any content is reducing drastically and for most of the content it is just a couple of hours from the time it was created or promoted. This has led to a slew of promotion of content, across media, which […]

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024Leadership

Three Skills We Need to Continue to Improve for Life

Premise There are three things that we need to continue to work and improve as leaders, in order to continue to be an effective leader. These are fundamental in our evolution as a leader and true irrespective of where in the leadership ladder you are at. Believe What we believe have a significant impact on how and what we think is possible. The belief systems are usually sub-conscious in nature and most leaders are not aware of their own beliefs and how they affect our thinking and actions. As leaders we need to learn how to make that which is invisible […]

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024Leadership

Your Hidden Super Power

Superheroes emerge from a transformative inciting incident—this post equates such an occurrence with awakening “Curiosity,” a potential superpower. Touted as “Radical Applied Curiosity,” and envisioned for a hero called “The Common Man,” it’s an innate trait propelling humanity’s survival and innovation. The narrative urges rediscovery of curiosity through slowing down, noticing changes, experimenting, acting on insights, and gathering support. Its application to empathy, creativity, and innovation can lead to significant collective achievements, especially under curious leadership.