RADICAL CURIOSITY

A philosophy and practice of asking the deeper, more essential questions required to address the complex problems we face as individuals, businesses, and a society.

A provocative and eye-opening book meant to be read as standalone essays in bite sized chapters, Radical Curiosity guides readers through the practice of deeply questioning commonly held beliefs to imagine a better world. In order to create change, we must investigate the roots and histories of common set assumptions that have been around for centuries, understand how contemporary society is evolving, and update our common wisdom.

The rational mind prefers answers over questions. But we live in irrational times. And at a time when information is valued above knowledge, ideology drowns out discourse, and the demands of "doing" erode our capacity for thinking, curiosity matters now more than ever. Without curiosity, our imagination is rendered impotent. And to build a better future, we first need to be able to imagine it. Our modern world has been inadvertently designed to irradicate curiosity, and the extinction of it stifles our imaginations.

When did we surrender our claim on original thinking? When did we become disinterested in generating new knowledge? Can we pull curiosity back from the brink of extinction?
Seth Goldenberg believes that we can, but in order to do so we must adopt an appetite for not just questioning, but a radical questioning.

So much of modern life is built upon a set of narratives that have gone unquestioned for far too long. In this unique blend of modern-day philosophy, cultural criticism, and business strategy, he shows how we can begin rewriting the narratives that are no longer serving us, our organizations, or the institutions that form the bedrock of our society. Only by asking deeper, more essential questions can we navigate the complex problems we face as individuals, businesses, and a society.

Seth Goldenberg is an entrepreneur and thought-leader working at the intersection of design, business, and culture. Since founding Epic Decade, Goldenberg has led a series of high-profile projects to help organizations build their capacity for ambitious change. He was previously co-CEO of the research insights group Now What, interim chief marketing officer of the state of Rhode Island, chief marketing officer of Intarcia Therapeutics, VP of Bruce Mau Design Studio, executive director of Massive Change, where he led major client engagements such as Oprah Winfrey Network, Disney Imagineering, and Myspace, and founder and curator of the civic engagement program for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, "Dialog:City." His work has been featured in the New York Times, Wired, Fast Company, and HuffPo.