Institute Of Curiosity Information

Institute of Curiosity is a coaching and training organization with a focus on communication that helps individuals learn and apply the skills of curiosity to personal and professional relationships. This means.. If you’re the leader of a team—whether a company, an organizational department, a board of directors, a group of volunteers, or your family at home—you’re going to have to answer what we call the “million dollar question”: How do you have conversations that result in an authentic exchange of thoughts and feelings, promote respectful and productive dialogue, and lead us to a place of calmness, confidence, and abundance—even in high-stakes situations? We have discovered that the answer to that question is curiosity. When you aren’t curious about yourself or others, you continue to produce the same results: • Your values and wants remain undefined and unclear. • You fail to set appropriate boundaries. • Relationships get damaged and your leadership suffers. • You become stuck, blind to opportunities before you, and unable to achieve your desired outcomes. The good news is that we’re all naturally curious as children. As adults, we just need to relearn those Curiosity Skills that once came so easily: • Be present in our conversations • Choose how we want to listen and respond • Ask curious open questions These three skills help you understand yourself and others in conversation, manage your emotions, and create new opportunities with dynamically different results. Founders Kathy Taberner and Kirsten Taberner Siggins are the authors of "The Power Of Curiosity: How To Have Real Conversations That Create Collaboration, Innovation, And Understanding" (Morgan James, 2015)