Boosting collective productivity through knowledge “hungry”
Usually, we have 3 types of people: the first is satisfied with what is available; the second is indifference to surrounding developments; and the third is someone who is always curious about everything in life. What if a manager just "accepts", or worse, "butters" with new knowledge?
This will make their “vision” narrow, making it difficult to absorb effective innovations. In addition, an obstinate manager with short-sighted opinions will cause the collective productivity to be stagnant, even lagging behind the general development situation. Therefore, a good manager will need a high level of curiosity to help increase collective productivity through the distillation of new things.
Practice critical thinking
A good manager needs a sharp critical thinking. Because if any employee's suggestions are easily approved, the culture and quality of work will be messed up. In addition, managers also need to intelligently respond to questions from employees or superiors about job expertise.
But not everyone has a natural reciprocal thinking that must undergo regular training. From there, the criticism will bring better results than the usual negative "arguing". And the first requirement to raise critical thinking is the natural curiosity to the questions What? Why? How?
Passing creative "fire" to employees
Creativity often cannot depend on just one individual, but should be viewed as a collective action. The simplest way to ignite the "fire" of common improvement is for the "captain" to always be in a state of "innovate or die".
But in order to spark and maintain the spirit of creativity, managers need to enhance their curiosity. From there, they will always want to learn everything, regularly come up with ideas, actively discuss with employees about how to improve the product/service. Thanks to that, the creative "fire" will spread and "burn" forever in each employee.
Expand and strengthen relationships
Reading books or carefully observing cannot satisfy all the problems that need to be exchanged directly "person to person". Therefore, in contrast to the inert or complacent nature, the curious person will be willing to open up relationships with people around to absorb new streams of ideas.
Through this, the manager will gradually remove the "ego" to harmonize with the team. Certainly, anyone has sympathy and a good view of a person who is willing to listen and understand the problems of his subordinates, as well as actively learn from the sincere suggestions of his superiors.
Be more confident in the face of failures
"Failure is the mother of success" but there are many people who are forever unable to get up after falling. Simply because they lack courage, perseverance and curiosity. It is because of the marketability that makes a manager always in a state of wondering "Why is this?". From here, when going through difficulties and drawing a lot of experience, managers will be more confident when facing new challenges. And if they fail, they will also be "guided" by curiosity to change to be forced to the destination of success.
Genius Albert Einstein once said, “I am not a genius. I'm just a very curious person." Although it is difficult to become a great man like him, a curious person will not be afraid of novelty, always coming up with useful discoveries from which to learn how to overcome limits and develop continuously.
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