Fast Company Daily The best leaders know how to ask the right questions. Here’s a model that can help you do just that
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Jul 9, 2025 Leaders are encouraged to embrace curiosity for effective decision-making. The Curiosity Curve illustrates the shift from closed-mindedness to openness. Four pathways—imagining, empathizing, experimenting, and enlisting—are presented as tools to cultivate curiosity. By adopting these practices, leaders can foster collaboration and diverse perspectives within their teams. This approach not only enhances leadership effectiveness but also drives organizational growth.
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Curious Leaders Ask Better Questions
- Successful leaders ask the best questions instead of having all the answers.
- Curiosity helps leaders avoid the blindness caused by overconfidence in their own views.
Imagine to Spark Curiosity
- Use strategic questions like 'What might I be missing?' to spark curiosity.
- Listing unknowns about a challenge opens doors to new insights without seeking immediate answers.
Nadella's Curious Question Transformed Microsoft
- Satya Nadella asked if Microsoft was wrong to see Linux as the enemy.
- This question led Microsoft to embrace open source and triple its market value.
