What A Wonderful World - Michael Buble

Claire Bown teaches people how to connect more with art. Her guide "How to Look at Art (Slowly)" is a rich compendium of curiosity practices.

Claire's professional focus is museums, but she'd be the first to tell you: the skills she shares are useful anywhere...

"As adults, we don't spend too long in observation. We tend to want to jump straight in to interpreting and what we think. It's actually quite useful for us to take a step back, and just dwell in observation for a little bit, because those details that we notice will help fuel our curiosity."
~ Claire Bown  

Photo used with permission of Claire Bown

SPROUTS 

04.12.23 / Slow Looking and Visible Thinking with Claire Bown

Business and popular magazines are riddled with assurances that the best leaders are curious. That where curiosity goes, success will follow. 

I blithely encourage people to “choose to be curious.”

But the truth is: it isn’t that simple.

There is some skill involved. And, not surprisingly, more than a few social constructs.

So, today we’re digging into the social side of curiosity at work with Phil Thompson, PhD. Phil is a professor in the Department of Management at the Pamplin School of Business at Virginia Tech. He’s trying to understand how micro-organizational behaviors such as organizational citizenship behavior, impression management, organizational politics, perceived organizational support, and curiosity influence employees’ job performance.

And, he wants to know, what happens when those dynamics intersect with gender differences?

Check out Phil Thompson's work: https://www.philthompsonphd.com

Music by Sean Balick.

CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS

EP. #223: The Social Side of Curiosity at Work, with Phil Thompson PhD

Scott Sklar is a self proclaimed gadget guy. In his home, he has almost any clean alternative energy technology you can think of. On this episode, we visit him there, and he explains how he accomplished something almost no one else around here has... energy independence.

This episode has just a taste of all of the systems at Scott's house. See links below for more info:
http://www.thestellagroupltd.com/home/sklars-zero-energy-home-office/
http://energy.gov/eere/videos/energy-101-fuel-cell-technology
Arlington home energy rebates - environment.arlingtonva.us/energy/rebates/

Music
"Hurt Me" by Benjimanji is licensed under CC BY 4.0
"The Wonder" by Dave Depper is licensed under CC BY 4.0
" Cicadas in Rhododendrons on the Trail to Ghorepani, Nepal" by Samuel Corwin is licensed under CC BY 4.0
"How it Fades" by Scott Gratton is licensed under CC BY 4.0

The Gadget Guy - with Scott Sklar

Choose to be Curious is a show all about curiosity. We talk about research and theory, but mostly it's conversations about how curiosity shows up in work and life.  

Now syndicated and available via Pacifica RadioNetwork.

EP. #223: The Social Side of Curiosity at Work, with Phil Thompson PhD

Choose to be Curious

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