Curiosity is best defined as the motivation to learn, be open to new ideas, and explore novel environments and situations.
In this Harvard Business Review article, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic provides five science-based recommendations on how to strengthen your curiosity muscle:
1. Ditch all excuses. Pick the right priorities and make a deliberate effort to learn.
2. Find the right angle. Follow your interests to decide what to become curious about.
3. Change your routine. Injecting changes to your routine creates novel experience which can trigger questions inspired by your curiosity.
4. Experiment. Try things out – novelty seeking is one of the most consistent predictors of curiosity.
5. When bored, just switch. If you find yourself stuck, switch to another task.
Curiosity and inclusion
At Inclusive Leadership Company, we position curiosity as a driver to inclusive leadership.
This is because curiosity is linked to a desire to understand how others view and experience the world without judgement. It has an association with a positive attitude to lifelong learning and receptivity to the “new” even when the new is not something we like or agree with in the first instance.
When assessing our curiosity in relation to inclusion, we can consider how we respond when we encounter a problem, is our default response curiosity or judgement? What happens when we meet someone new, how curious are we to learn more?
You can access the original article here.
