ABSTRACT
Chapter One, Inquiry Mindset, describes an inquiry mindset, which lives at the intersection of critical thinking and disciplined curiosity, helping leaders, teams, and organizations to actively question norms, status quo logics, and organizational defaults through making dominant organizational arrangements problematic. An inquiry mindset evinces constructively critical systemic sense-making to cultivate organizational self-understanding, enabling leaders and teams to identify and challenge knowledge siloes and invisible logics that block idea hybridization and constrain innovation. An inquiry mindset evinces active learning about self, habits of mind and practice, context, and process understandings; it supports thoughtful and responsive organizational adjustment that considers deep learning activated through self-reflection, relational engagement, training, and professional development. Chapter One offers learning frames and activations for the cultivation of individual, team, and systemic sense-making through an inquiry mindset.
