Curiosity: The Best Tool in Your L&D Toolbox
Sunday, May 17, 2026 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM · 1 hr. (America/Los_Angeles)
Room 403A, Level Two
Knowledge in Action (Skill-Building Workshop)
Instructional Design
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Think curiosity is something you're born with? Think again. The best tool in your toolbox is a learnable skill that transforms how you approach design thinking and build learning experiments. While some discoveries happen by accident, instructional designers who master strategic curiosity consistently create programs that actually work. This session teaches you questioning techniques that turn stakeholder conversations into powerful insights, empathy interviews into problem-solving gold mines, and training requests into opportunities for real solutions. Discover how deliberate curiosity moves you from hoping programs work to knowing they will. Ready to stop leaving success to serendipity?
Learning Objective 1:
Use curiosity techniques and discovery exercises that reveal real business problems instead of surface symptoms.
Learning Objective 2:
Use strategic curiosity in design thinking to transform empathy and define phases into breakthrough conversations.
Learning Objective 3:
Implement the Curiosity Questions Toolkit to reframe training requests into accurate problem statements.
Format
In-Person
Schedule-At-A-Glance
Education Sessions
Sub-Track
Design Thinking
Knowledge Level
Beginner
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