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     Inquisitive Leadership

Inquisitive Leadership The business and world become over-complex and hyper-dynamic, how can leaders become more comfortable and confident in asking questions rather than giving answers. As in many instances, there is a perception that leaders should be the most experienced people and thus, have all of the answers. That’s a fallacy. Confidence comes from being comfortable in your role as a leader, value collective wisdom, not only provide answers but facilitate solutions. Should inquisitive leadership become a trend in the Digital Era?

Initiativeleadershiprefreshmentmaturity Leadership is the ability to influence with or without authority. The power of effective leadership depends on a number of factors such as the purpose to lead, multidimensional intelligence, the mix of knowledge and experience, the quality of information they receive and their collective leadership ability to operate as a team.

Initiateinquiries In a world full of information, the circumstances are complex, uncertain, a variety of cultures or traditions have inundated us with conventional wisdom. To explore the truth and make progressive changes, organizations need to continually cultivate the next generation of true critical thinkers, independent thinkers, or creative thinkers who can challenge conventional wisdom, analyze and synthesize all sources of information to form their own opinions and make objective judgment; generate novel ideas and solve problems unconventionally.

Inquisitiveleadership It takes -courage, humility to -ask good questions; it takes wisdom to -ask the right questions.

Innovationinquiries The goal of innovation is about creating sustainable competitive advantages. It’s common that many companies tend to focus more on their core competencies with age, often forgetting about the value of innovation. Creative problem-solving is about trying something “unusual”- the thing that has never been done before. Radical innovation starts with a problem, having no solution in the current situation. They are critical to build long term business advantage.

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