Businesses are placing a premium on cultivating an open culture. This can mean different things to different organizations. But at its core, I believe it is the effort to create an environment in ...

As is most everything in life, being open-minded is hard work. It actually takes conscientious effort. Like being charitable or becoming a violin virtuoso, it requires practice. One does not become ...

Teaching open-mindedness is part of the essential mission of education, says Jonathan Adler, a professor of philosophy at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center. Teaching open-mindedness is ...

Very little time goes by between my encounters with the request to keep an open mind. It has come to the point where I find myself wary of those who say it, and I wonder why they are asking me to keep ...

Having an open mind gives individuals a unique look at the world. Instead of being stuck in their ways, they can adjust to anything life throws their way. They’re not married to one thing or the other ...

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio emphasized the importance of radical open-mindedness in decision-making, arguing that growth and better outcomes come from actively questioning one's assumptions. On ...

If you get serious about it, being open-minded can be challenging. I’m not talking about being “open-minded” about matters of fact. There’s no need to be open-minded about whether the earth is round, ...

A few weeks ago in the New Yorker, Jeffrey Tobin took issue with Judge Sotomayor's assertion that as a judge she would keep an "open mind." He writes, “when it comes to interpreting the Constitution, ...

Who’s More Open-Minded? This question comes up a lot and often leads to dug-heeled arguments between people closed to the possibility that they’re closed-minded. I count eight popular but flawed tests ...