Curiosity as a Practice with Julie Pham, PhD
Founder & President, CuriosityBased
Practicing curiosity is harder than it looks. Curiosity is often described as a personality trait focused on wanting to learn new things. What if we were to liken curiosity to a practice that starts with trying to understand ourselves first so that we can then be more open to understanding others, deepening capacity for collaboration, inclusion, and trust.
Dr. Pham will share how she discovered curiosity as a practice through community organizing working with, not against, a variety of perspectives, finding connectivity through stories that builds connection, and fosters collaboration. She'll guide people to practice inward and outward curiosity so that they can improve their communication and relationships with others.
Julie Pham, PhD is the founder and CEO of CuriosityBased, an organizational development firm based in Seattle. Dr. Pham is the author of the No. 1 Amazon Bestseller “7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work” (2022). She gave a TEDx talk, “Curiosity as a practice” and has contributed to Forbes.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Seattle Times, and the Puget Sound Business Journal. Dr. Pham earned her doctorate in history at Cambridge University as a Gates Cambridge Scholar in 2008 and graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, as a Haas Scholar in 2011.
Dr. Julie Pham has worked as a journalist, historian, university lecturer, marketer, nonprofit executive and management consultant. Dr. Pham has been recognized with numerous awards for her community leadership by the Female Founders Alliance Champions Award, Harvard Business School’s Young American Leaders Program, German Marshall Memorial, Women's Center-University of Washington Woman of Courage, International Examiner, Northwest Asian Weekly, and the Puget Sound Business Journal.