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Leading with Curiosity
The Ultimate Leadership Capability
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The shadow a leader casts on their team matters more than most leaders realise. Curious leaders expand energy, learning, and ownership. Incurious leaders narrow thinking, reduce engagement, and quietly suppress performance.
Leadership is not only about direction or execution. It is about shaping the conditions under which people think, speak up, and grow. Leaders are constant role models in this process. Their curiosity — or lack of it — signals what is safe to question, explore, and challenge.
Leaders who lack curiosity may still deliver short-term results, but often at the cost of psychological safety, adaptability, and long-term performance. Curious leaders, by contrast, are able to operationalise the present while securing the future. They show curiosity about the world around them, the people they lead, and their own assumptions and blind spots.
In this session, we explore what we know about curiosity, where it thrives and breaks down, and how leaders can intentionally strengthen it as role models for their teams.
Stefaan van Hooydonk is the founder of the Global Curiosity Institute and the author of the bestselling book "The Workplace Curiosity Manifesto." He initially worked in investment consulting and established executive education at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in China. Van Hooydonk has held executive roles as Chief Learning Officer in Fortune 200 companies such as Nokia, Royal Philips, Cognizant, Saudi Aramco, Agfa, and Flipkart. He has lived and worked in Belgium, France, Hong Kong, China, Finland, the Netherlands, India, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom. His most recent position was as Chief Learning Officer for Cognizant, where he oversaw learning and development for over 300,000 associates worldwide.
Stefaan van Hooydonk focuses his research on workplace curiosity within companies. He asserts that curious individuals require stimulating environments to thrive, especially during times of uncertainty when intentional curiosity becomes crucial. Utilizing diagnostics he has developed, he generates insights into what drives and impedes individuals and organizations from embracing curiosity. He provides consultation to global corporations and leadership teams to enhance their curiosity quotient, advocating for the cultivation of a robust curiosity mindset. Van Hooydonk is a sought-after speaker globally, discussing the transformative power of curiosity for professionals, leaders, teams, and organizations.
I am the 'curiosity guy'. I make leaders curious about the power of curiosity at work and all its wonderful benefits.
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