Morning all

haha - indeed spencer!

Good morning Andy and all!

Hi everyone - it’s an unseasonably (unreasonably) warm day here in Albuquerque. I’m interested in how we as leaders make and hold space for curiosity in the midst of urgency, fast-paced work, and a culture that prioritizes clarity and decisiveness?

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of course Ben is the highest

Haha of course @Ben!

couldn’t see a 3

Eric SAME

BEN.

YAY Ben!

cognitive load

not linear

No grid

no patterning for your brain to clue into

no pattern

no pattern

fonts...ugh

I naturally only saw certain shapes/colors

Different fonts, colors

Had to scan every time. Different sizes/shapes

they are randomly placed and not the same pattern

Distracted by larger, brighter numbers

stress from being timed

I read left to right and so I needed to suspend certainty and no letter looked the same....

The different font, your brain doesn’t know what it’s looking for

focus or lack of ...

My visual perception and pattern-spotting skills are inferior to my verbal capabilities

Had to reframe what each number could look like

Our natural habit is to scan from left to right along a line…can’t do that here.

You could probably score higher scanning right to left…

FASCINATING that we didn’t note that!

group think?

is this true within org as well - as in, unproductively curious, vis-a-vis role/charge?

What would my biggest competitor do if they were in position?

What would my biggest competitor do if they were my collaborator?

what would a start up do in my position?

Who is a competitor I'm not aware of?

What position do we want to be in?

How does my competitor view our work?

What do I want to try, whether or not there's precedent?

What strategic plan is my competitor implementing?

What makes them my biggest competitor?

What am I doing that is giving an advantage to my competitors?

How did we get to this position?

What are the forces of change we are both facing, and how are we responding differently?

What is it about their product that I really like

Why do we care?

What might my competitor know that I don't?

What I have multiple big competitors ?

who do we see as our biggest competitors

what could we achieve if we worked together?

What does my competitor think of me?

I'm curious how you defined productive vs. unproductive, especially knowing innovation can come from connecting seemingly "irrelevant" things?

I’m wondering about the specific behaviors and signs that someone is exhibiting curiosity

@Kate +1

@Kate +1, too

I am wondering how we teach a manager to teach their team to employ productive curiosity

Is curiosity and pattern building affected by culture?

maybe unproductive vs productive is about intention. if you are open to applying the new information gleaned from your curiousity to your job, then it is productive.

or is it that all curiousity is unproductive until proven productive?

we've talked about some of our orgs valuing the 'hero' with the answers - interested to think about how we make the curious the 'hero' because of how it unlocks potential in the team/org

Re: that decline in curiosity with age, at Deloitte we've recognized that we need to overcome the stigma that curiosity and asking questions is a weakness.

One of keys to good questioning is good listening.

https://www.ted.com/talks/spencer_harrison_jon_cohen_curiosity_is_your_super_power?utm_source=tedcomshare&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tedspread

thank you Amanda!

I am imagining some curiosity behaviors that are kind of covertly productive, but might look unproductive. Asking oblique questions, incorporating play into work, tangential lines of thinking that tie back into the larger purpose.

Is there a limit to productive curiosity, or is more always better?

If product growth curves are predictable (typewriter example), is there a better or worse time for curiosity?

@Ben - so a strategic curiosity coupled with a productive curiosity?

like the idea of strategic curiosity, Gabe

and Kyle

One perspective...at Deloitte we measure/diagnose curiosity not by how curious someone is (proficiency) but rather how they are curious (where, how, and when do they employ it).

one person's curiosity is another's annoying digression

LOL.

How do you cultivate shared curiosity among an ad hoc group working on a systems problem?

+1 Ben shared curiosity, that’s an interesting thought. We’ve been talking about it largely as a personal mindset. How does it transform from a personal to a cultural mindset?

Also, how should the definition of success (and what we measure) extend beyond curiosity and more towards what people can do better by using it.

collective curiosity as an integral element of collective creativity

really great convo - thank you

Apologies I have another call I must drop for. Take care everyone!!!

this has been excellent - really rich content and curiosity all around. Appreciate this opportunity and you all.

yes thank you!

Thank you!

wel well.

For the US folks - Happy Thanksgiving - stay safe and well

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Thank you Spencer. I found your talk both interesting and helpful. I look forward to listening to your TED Talk.

Spencer, thank you as this was insightful and exceedingly helpful....must go and so sorry as I love to hang with this group.....I will watch your TED talk.

@Susan Thanks!

@Teresa - thank you!

Thank you, Spencer!

Thanks Sarah

Thanks Spencer! Would like to follow up

Thank you!

Thank you Spencer…great food for thought…

Thanks Jim!

Thank you. Have to run

I have to sign off to get to another session–really enjoyed this, will share the image in a bit. Thanks!