The Curious Advantage Podcast

In the latest episode of The Curious Advantage, Jennifer Garvey Berger , founder & CEO of Cultivating Leadership, a coach to top executives and the author of three highly acclaimed books, Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps , Simple Habits for Complex Times , and Changing on the Job joins Paul Ashcroft , Simon Brown and Garrick Jones. What are some of the most common leadership mindtraps? What does...

In the new Curious Advantage Episode, Garrick Jones welcomes the renowned studio potter and Chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts since 2018, Dame Magdalene Odundo in a wide ranging conversation, exploring context. Dame Magdalene is an artist and artists really make us look at the familiar with new eyes!  Garrick and Madgalene, curiously explore pottery and the form of pots as a vehic...

In the new fascinating episode of The Curious Advantage, Dan Pontefract , award-winning leadership strategist, thinker, academic, keynote speaker and best-selling author, joins Paul Ashcroft , Simon Brown and Garrick Jones .  “Lead, Care, Win” - How do you become a leader who matters? Why is curiosity important for leaders? What is the advantage of organisations with curiosity genes? Proactive lea...

In this fascinating episode, Pamay Bassey, entrepreneur, executive, world traveller, educator, writer, comedian, philosopher and Chief Learning Officer for the Kraft Heinz Company joins Paul Ashcroft , Simon Brown and Garrick Jones .  How can leaders create a culture of continuous learning and drive the company's global learning and development strategy and initiatives? What is ‘Learn like an Owne...

Francesca Gino , Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, Award winning expert on the psychology of organisations and author of the bestselling books 'Rebel Talent: Why it pays to break the rules at work and in life', and 'Sidetracked: Why our decisions get derailed, and how we can stick to the plan', joins Paul Ashcroft , Simon Brown & Garrick Jones in th...

John Hagel, consultant, entrepreneur, speaker, and author with 40 years in Silicon Valley, joins Paul Ashcroft, Simon Brown & Garrick Jones in their latest Curious Advantage Podcast. Explore the importance of narratives, platforms, the passion of the explorer, and how these are connected with Curiosity. What does the future look like?  How can learning platforms support the need for life-long...

Philippa Neave , senior advisor on the UN's Lexicon of Electoral Terminology, Activist, Connector, Consultant and expert in Journalism, and Public Outreach, joins Simon Brown and Garrick Jones in their latest Curious Advantage Podcast. Discover fascinating stories from around the world, working with young people in difficult environments where curiosity is at the edges! How important is context an...

Curiosity Expert and Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD, Spencer Harrison , joins Paul Ashcroft , Simon Brown and Garrick Jones in their latest Curious Advantage Podcast! The world of work is changing in radical ways. Organisations have seen unprecedented shifts over the past year. How does curiosity help in times of change and ambiguity? Research suggests that Curiosity is...

Michael Bungay Stanier , #1 thought leader on coaching, author of bestselling “The Coaching Habit” and Founder of Box of Crayons, joins Paul Ashcroft, Simon Brown and Garrick Jones, authors of the bestselling book ‘The Curious Advantage’ in a fascinating conversation! “Curiosity in the best possible way, can disrupt the status quo, can challenge what we take for granted”. How does curiosity unlock...

Peter Cheese CIPD’s CEO, joins Paul Ashcroft, Simon Brown and Garrick Jones , authors of the bestselling book ‘The Curious Advantage’ in a highly insightful conversation on the current and future organisational climate. How have organisations responded to this unprecedented global crisis? How does Curiosity help in navigating through complexity and ambiguity? What are the new skills required to th...

Amy Brann , Author, Consultant, Global Speaker and Founder of Synaptic Potential, joins Paul Ashcroft, Simon Brown and Garrick Jones , authors of the bestselling book ‘The Curious Advantage’ to explore the application of neuroscience to the art of developing people, the role of curiosity and the connection to engagement. Why are we seeing organisations becoming more focused on curiosity, or growth...

Business thinker and author Erika Andersen joins Paul Ashcroft , Simon Brown and Garrick Jones , authors of the bestselling book ‘The Curious Advantage’, in a fascinating conversation on Curiosity, Learning and the skills required to thrive. How does curiosity benefit leaders and organisations in today's world? What is the impact of digital in our need for curiosity? How can we learn how to lean c...

In this special holiday edition of The Curious Advantage Podcast , hosts Paul Ashcroft , Simon Brown and Garrick Jones reflect on the curious journey they took to publishing The Curious Advantage and answer listeners questions. How can you embed curiosity into a change management process? How can you make learning a habit? What is the threshold between “healthy curiosity" and “greedy curiosity”? H...

Isabel Garvey , Managing Director of the world famous and oldest recording studio Abbey Road, joins the authors of the Curious Advantage Paul Ashcroft , Simon Brown and Garrick Jones in a fascinating conversation on digital transformation in music and curiosity. What is the role of curiosity in navigating through the multiple disruptive waves hitting the music industry? How do tech innovators supp...

Lisa Bodell , award-winning author and CEO of FutureThink, joins Paul Ashcroft , Simon Brown and Garrick Jones , authors of The Curious Advantage in a fascinating conversation around the power of curiosity and its impact on individuals and on organisations. How can we craft killer questions and what role does bias play in this? Why might killing your company be a good idea? Are you Curious? Subscr...

Stefaan Van Hooydonk , ex-CLO Cognizant and Founder of the Global Curiosity Institute, joins Paul Ashcroft and Simon Brown in this fascinating Curious Advantage Podcast Episode to explore how to master curiosity re-engineering. What does it mean to re-engineer one’s habits towards becoming more curious and towards having a growth mindset? What’s the role of curiosity in learning & development...

Jennifer Higgie , editor at large for Frieze Magazine and author, joins Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones in a fascinating Curious Advantage Podcast on Curation, Women in Art and Curiosity. Curation is a power skill in the digital world where we have access to infinite data and knowledge. How do you synthesize information? What are the key principles of curation? How is Curation connected to Curiosi...

Dr. Christian Busch , academic at the New York University (NYU) and the London School of Economics (LSE) and author of the Serendipity Mindset, joins the co-authors of The Curious Advantage Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones to explore Curiosity and Serendipity. What is the Serendipity Mindset and how does Serendipity work in a digital world? What is the role of Curiosity in creating good luck? How c...

Edward Oakeley , Scientist & Research Lab Head joins the co-authors of The Curious Advantage Paul Ashcroft & Garrick Jones to talk about Curiosity, Science and Memory. ‘Project as questions’, ‘Learning to remember’, the importance of questioning and the scientific method. What is the connection between Curiosity and Memory? Are you curious? Subscribe today! #Curiousadvantagepodcast #curios...

Stefan Van Der Stigchel , Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Utrecht University and author of How Attention Works and Concentration (MIT Press) joins Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones, co-authors of The Curious Advantage to talk about Curiosity and Focus. What is the relationship between curiosity and the way the brain works? How do we sample the environment around us and what is the role of atten...

Scientist, social entrepreneur and Founder of SciCo Theo Anagnostopoulos joins Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones , co-authors of The Curious Advantage to talk about Curious Communities. What's the role of curiosity in the dissemination of science and scientific ideas? How do you get communities of people to engage with science in a ‘phy-gital’ environment? What is Collective intelligence and how can...

Futurist Chris Meyer joins Simon Brown & Garrick Jones , co-authors of The Curious Advantage in a fascinating conversation about Curiosity, Complexity and Evolution. How important are current trends and scenarios for the future? What’s the role of Curiosity? Why is an evolutionary approach to knowledge formation so powerful? Are you curious? Subscribe today! #Curiousadvantagepodcast #curiosity...

Gordon Fuller , IBM’s Vice president & Chief Learning Officer , joins Simon Brown, Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones, authors of The Curious Advantage in a fascinating conversation on Curiosity, Al and the Future of Learning . How do you successfully put learning and skills at the heart of a business? How can AI enable curiosity? How can leaders build skills and inspire curiosity in their organi...

Sara Moralioglu and David Harrison, award-winning journalists and documentary makers, join the authors of the Curious Advantage Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones in a fascinating conversation on Curiosity, Criticality and the link to Investigative Journalism. How do you gain trust while maintaining emotional distance? How do you deal with unconscious bias? What does it mean to be curious and what ar...

Vas Narasimhan , the Novartis CEO and Steven Baert , Novartis’ Ex-Chief People and Organization Officer join the authors of The Curious Advantage Simon Brown , Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones , to discuss the importance of Curiosity in Business. They talk about how Novartis has worked to ‘unleash the power of their people’ and change the culture driven by an ‘Inspired’, ‘Curious’ and ‘Unbossed’ pe...