Dr Alison Horstmeyer on curiosity: conundrums, coping, and connection (#9)

<p>2:33 - why transition from Fortune 500 executive to research?<br />3:17 - relationships were the secret sauce in success.<br />4:22 - initial interest was in anxiety in the workplace.<br />4:54 - came across curiosity while studying mindfulness.<br />5:51 - what is curiosity?<br />6:56 - curiosity gives psychological, emotional and social flexibility.<br />7:53 - not "if" but "how" you are curious.<br />9:28 - curiosity can show up in different ways.<br />10:08 - we pre-asses before exploring the unknown.<br />11:11 - curiosity is active exploration.<br />11:32 - curiosity requires openness.<br />12:11 - the different facets of curiosity.<br />12:37 - it's ok to not know something.<br />13:04 - active exploration and immersion.<br />13:20 - openness means letting go of the familiar.<br />13:42 - it's not always joyful exploration.<br />13:57 - curiosity requires stress tolerance.<br />14:22 - the facets of openness and stress tolerance are most beneficial to workplace.<br />14:47 - relationship between curiosity and humility.<br />14:59 - curiosity requires vulnerability.<br />15:53 - to feel more free we have to feel more exposed.<br />16:02 - curiosity and anxiety.<br />17:50 - how not knowing creates psychological safety.<br />19:56 - using curiosity to become an approachable boss.<br />20:29 - you cannot get to empathy without curiosity.<br />21:57 - curiosity is what allows us to make people feel understood.<br />22:31 - use curiosity to question the stories we tell ourselves about others.<br />24:11 - how can we become more curious?<br />25:43 - curiosity starts within.<br />26:17 - how curiosity can make us more authentic.<br />28:15 - counting the cost of curiosity.<br />29:41 - what is psychological safety.<br />29:52 - obstacles to curiosity.<br />31:26 - how curiosity research has changed Alison.<br />33:27 - creating a culture of curiosity.<br />34:23 - conformity is bad for curiosity and wellbeing.<br />34:53 - creating environments of psychological safety.<br />35:56 - celebrating failures and bu