I was recently asked this question and here is my answer:
This is a great question.
I see curiosity as a willingness to invite the unknown.
Intelligence as the ability to process the resulting information, to make meaning and connections from it and to perhaps use it to do something in the physical world.
Curiosity without intelligence = few insights.
Intelligence without curiosity = sterile thinking.
Where then is the optimal relationship?
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What Might be Possible If We Believed It Were Possible?
Questions have a strange power. They can release us from what we believe to be true by offering us glimpses of something different. Indeed, there are times in that brief moment after a question is asked when it feels like anything is possible.
Questions have certainly given me the freedom and permission to pursue my passions and live a life I would never have thought possible. That is why I am a big advocate of Nurturing Curiosity at all ages.
If you are a leader, you will no doubt already know that continually nurturing curiosity in leadership is absolutely key. Indeed, that is why I started the Bigger Questions Project around one key question: How might we empower more people to explore and embrace bigger questions? Learn more about the Bigger Questions Project.
Boost Your Curiosity!
Sign up for the Nurturing Curiosity: Weekly Practice emails for a thought-provoking question each week. What have you got to lose?
What Might be Possible If We Believed It Were Possible?
Questions have a strange power. They can release us from what we believe to be true by offering us glimpses of something different. Indeed, there are times in that brief moment after a question is asked when it feels like anything is possible.
Questions have certainly given me the freedom and permission to pursue my passions and live a life I would never have thought possible. That is why I am a big advocate of Nurturing Curiosity at all ages.
If you are a leader, you will no doubt already know that continually nurturing curiosity in leadership is absolutely key. In many ways, leadership begins with self-leadership, which is in turn built on a deep sense of curiosity about who you are as a person and as a leader.
Indeed, that is why we started the Bigger Questions Project around one key question: How might we empower more people to explore and embrace bigger questions? Learn more about the Bigger Questions Project.
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