May ’23: Cultivating Curiosity at Work
Week 3 Live Session
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Week 3 Live Session
Another lively discussion on Friday, this time we explored creating curiosity in the moment. When it’s needed, why it’s impactful, and how to do it.
Some ideas and insights:
- Keep your eyes and ears open for indicators that signal curiosity might be lacking. Signals include blame & defensiveness, rampant assumptions, absolutist language (He always, they never), and an abundance of opinions over questions.
- Cultivating relationships builds a foundation for curiosity. It’s easier to “get curious” with folks you’re invested in and have baseline trust established with.
- Marilee posited that “sowing some confusion” can ignite a spark of curiosity. Presenting a small amount of unexpected information counter to the predominant narrative can get folks asking questions.
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Chris shared a bevy of strategies!
Create a pause – slow down the conversation to insert curiosity.
Ask people to go deeper – “say more about that…”
Use body language – uncross your arms, stand up, move around.
Invite someone into the conversation that hasn’t spoken up.- Dan reminded us that being uncomfortable is part of the process and that the reward is almost always worth it.
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