Day 50: Encourage curiosity

In 5 habits of incredibly curious people, Thomas Oppong writes

“We are born curious, but when answers are valued more than questions, we forget how to ask or maintain a curious mind. Curiosity helps us discover amazing things about ourselves, our professions and the rest of the world.

Curiosity is simply an insatiable need to know or learn something. In keeping with that definition, curious people have helped change the world with a constant thirst for knowledge and an insatiable appetite for new things …

Exceptionally curious people are life-long learners

We start learning when we’re born and never really stop.”

Do you promote curiosity in your organisation?
If not, what can you do to encourage this important skill and develop effective life-long learners? What can you do to support managers to enable curiosity as a key part of daily work?

SHARE your thoughts with your team.
How can you promote curiosity as an important aspect of a continuous learning culture?

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