Hey there, I’m Scott.

I’m a business strategist, former executive, social entrepreneur, and lecturer. My passion in life is to make the world a little bit more curious.

Over my 20-year career, I’ve worked across corporate, government, and not-for-profit sectors. I’ve lead organisations, managed complex projects, coached leaders, and founded my own social enterprise. You can check out my website here.

But here's the thing: It took me my entire career to realise that curiosity is what truly drives me.

Through every success, failure, and turning point, curiosity has been my constant companion. It's the habit that's helped me understand myself, others, and the complex world around us.

The Curiosity Mindset

I believe curiosity is an innate superpower we all possess—but most of us leave it underdeveloped. My hope for this Substack is to build a community dedicated to cultivating curiosity deeply, equipping us all with the intellectual, emotional, and practical tools to navigate uncertainty, solve tough problems, and make meaningful progress.

I won’t just explore curiosity; I’ll dive into philosophy, meaning-making, systems thinking, epistemology, phenomenology, and how these concepts shape leadership, business, culture, group dynamics, social challenges, and politics.

Welcome to the journey. Let’s get curious together.

Here are some topics you can expect to see:

• The iterative lifecycle of curiosity and how we learn new things

• The infinite valleys of the Dunning-Kruger effect

• The role of ‘play’

• The dangers of readily available answers

• Conscious consumption of information

• Why the quest for better leadership might be a trap

• How we lie to ourselves and others (and why that might be important)

• Is everything a social construct?

• How judgment is a triggered reaction arising from a mismatch of expectations

• What does it mean to ‘change the system’?

• When might it be inappropriate to be curious

Thanks for visiting, and I look forward to having some wonderful discussions with you.