CuriosityBased experiences for stronger workplace relationships.
We help leaders transform workplace challenges – such as disengagement and distrust – into opportunities for growth and collaboration fostered by curiosity as a practice.
We do this by facilitating highly interactive workshops, retreats, and speaking engagements, both in person and virtual, largely based on a framework developed by our founder Dr. Julie Pham’s best selling book, 7 Forms of Respect®.
CuriosityBased Solutions
“Curiosity as a practice” means getting curious about yourself, getting curious about other people, listening, and asking questions with curiosity.
Our clients benefit from our years of experience building communities and strengthening organizations. Most of the CuriosityBased content is based on our original research and writing. You won’t find it elsewhere.
Clients & Solutions
“CuriosityBased didn’t just deliver an experience—they ignited a movement within our agency to lead with curiosity and respect.”
Washington Office of Minority and Women’s Businesses Enterprises (OMWBE)
As the agency grew, seasoned staff needed tools to explore how different things can be true at the same time, get curious about different perspectives, and develop paths to accomplishing goals that make room for others without feeling there was a right or wrong way to approach the task. For newer staff, the goal was to help them onboard quickly into a culture of genuine curiosity and mutual respect.
“We found the work provocative, stimulating, and even challenging.”
Evergreen Business Capital
Evergreen Business Capital faced a challenge shared by many mid-sized teams: How do we strengthen connections and trust across a company of diverse employees? After years of shifting between virtual and in-person formats, Evergreen’s leadership team wanted to strengthen communication, renew alignment, and reestablish the meaningful, high-performing culture that had defined them before the pandemic.
"CuriosityBased helped our new executive team build trust, clarity, and confidence in giving and receiving feedback."
Seattle Municipal Court
When a new executive leadership team came together, they faced a common but complex challenge: how to quickly establish trust, align decision-making, and strengthen collaboration while navigating diverse leadership styles. They sought a retreat experience that would do more than teach skills—it needed to help them practice authentic communication, real-time feedback, and systems-level thinking as a cohesive leadership team.
7 Forms of Respect ®
Our work is largely based on a framework developed from our founder, Dr. Julie Pham’s best-selling book, 7 Forms of Respect®: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work.
"Dr. Pham and her team are masters at framing conversations and learning objectives for the curious at heart. 7 Forms of Respect® is a must have set of tools for individuals, work groups and organizations looking for meaningful ways to connect on a human level without fluff, pretense or hype."
– Robert Britten, Executive Director for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Lake Washington Institute of Tech
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