Spreading Curiosity Good product managers minimize defensiveness and cultivate curiosity. Great product managers turn curiosity into a core value for their team and their organization. Genuine curiosity can be contagious, and it naturally encourages people to collaborate more closely and better understand each other’s perspectives. In a curious organization, negotiations between stakeholders feel expansive rather than combative, and deep conversations about goals and outcomes feel like an important part of your work rather than an impediment to doing the “real” work. Curiosity makes everything
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