Curiosity comes before knowledge. (Episode 264)
1100 Icelandic HR leaders meeting for an HR conference is the equivalent of a 25,000 (!) HR conference in Sweden – or 825,000 (!) attendees for an HR conference in the US.
It’s mind-blowing that a small country like Iceland can create such a large local HR conference.
Starting with the referee singing a rock ballad with the HR theme is just epic.
I love everything about Iceland.
The Icelandic word for “curiosity” is “forvidin” – “before” and “knowing” – and I mentioned how interesting it was in my speech.
In other words: in Icelandic, the word for curiosity reminds us that before someone can learn something, their curiosity must be awakened!
Curiosity comes before knowledge.
My message to the HR community is that their most important role is to spark interest in their people so that they want to learn more.
