Chuck Baker

“In curiosity-based decision making, we use one of the core traits of our species to pull apart, examine, and wade into the open question. In my experience curiosity-based decision making yields much better solutions.”
― Adam Steltzner, The Right Kind of Crazy: A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation

“We all share the instinct, and we can all relate to it, which gives our curiosity-driven need to explore the added beauty that no one has to be forced to do it. People don’t necessarily have to be incentivized with stock options and mega-salaries for curiosity-driven creativity to occur. The only essential ingredient is a work environment that’s structured to encourage our innate drive to wonder, question, and explore.”
― Adam Steltzner, The Right Kind of Crazy: A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation

“The converse lesson is that anyone who waits around to be authorized to speak up is never going to be a leader. It’s just not in their nature.”
― Adam Steltzner, The Right Kind of Crazy: A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation

“Statio—stopping to collect our hearts and minds before we begin something new—is the sign that we know we are about to do the will of God for the world. We know that we must not go at it when we are scattered of heart.”
― Joan D. Chittister, The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life