Curiosity
Share with some-one today something you are curious to learn about and why? Saying it out loud means that you are more likely to start finding the answers. We are often curious about things but do we actually go out there and find ideas, answers or solutions.
The brain always has to answer a question and in so doing creates a new neurological pathway. Bit like a workout with your body the more your mind gets asked questions the more it expands with new pathways.
Francesca Gino a professor at Harvard Business School presents the business case through her research. Organisations that foster curiosity, have fewer conflicts and inspire novel problem solving that leads to better outcomes.
Staying curious does need to be intentional to make it effective in teams, with the ultimate aim to create a culture of curiosity.
Some ideas of how to do this:-
- Host meetings in different spaces
- 5 minute slots in meetings where people share something they were curious about and what they found out
- Dismantle a way of working – what if we did this…?
- Each member of the team to individually say how they are going to be curious 5 times in the month
- Meet one random person this month in the company or outside
- Ask another person what podcasts they listen to, and give them a go
- Try out new Apps
- Subscribe to Stack (subscription service, new magazine each month)
- Set up a book club
- Play with new stuff and old – be forensic in dismantling
- Watch new videos on YouTube or TicToc
- Volunteer be curious
As a child Why? was your favourite word, go back to being curious and ask as many Whys as you can. Please do get in touch for a workshop on how to say curious or for one to one coaching bev@nuggetsoflearning.co.uk
