Commitment means what to you? According to Merriam-Webster commitment is “an act of committing to a charge or trust.” We’ve heard it all before. The company is committed to this culture, the candidate is committed to this policy, the parent is committed to see their children succeed and the list goes on.

I think commitment has come back to the forefront of everyone’s thoughts, business policies and culture given the political climate we find ourselves in. In business, commitments play an...

After sitting through a few related meetings, it hit me. There was a lack of intellectual curiosity. What a huge detriment in the workplace.

When did we lose our sense of curiosity? When did asking why become the exception and not the rule? As children curiosity was cultivated. We wanted to understand why. We often asked why several times, all in succession. One might say we wanted to get to the root of the situation.

A workplace without intellectual curiosity is problematic. A friend...