Curiosity
It boosts physical energy. It contributes to mental wellbeing. It supports focus. And it leads to deeper engagement, superior performance and more meaningful work. If there is a magic bullet for thriving at work, it is curiosity. And yet, curiosity is often stifled at work. In fact, a study conducted by the German science and technology firm, Merck, found that 60% of respondents encountered barriers to curiosity at work. Thankfully, curiosity is a thinking skill that can be cultivated.
In this highly-practical and pragmatic workshop we define curiosity, and unpack how it shows up across a diversity of roles and personalities before picking up practical tools to help participants tone their curiosity muscles.
This session works well as a stand-alone workshop or as part of a larger programme. It is also highly effective as a strategically placed thought starter. For example, it has recently been used to set the tone for team strategy days, and our Curiosity content can be tweaked to help your people exercise curiosity and engage more effectively with new policies or ways of working being rolled out by your business.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates
- Professional Curiosity: The relevance of this super power to day-to-day work
- The Five Faces of Curiosity: Getting to know (and exercise) your own curiosity type.
- Effective Enquiry: The practice of asking great questions.
- Philosophical Listening Exercise: An opportunity to use curiosity to be an excellent thinking partner
- A deeper understanding of curiosity and its role in their work;
- Appreciation for the ‘Five Faces of Curiosity’ and the different ways that curiosity can show up across diverse roles and personality types;
- Ways to exercise curiosity in their day-to-day, including how to ask great questions.
“It was refreshing to have a philosopher speak alongside creative practitioners. [We gained] useful insight in to how we may consider the value of questions as well as practical advice on how we might pose better questions in our work.”