{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"CEOWORLD magazine","provider_url":"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz","author_name":"Dr. Debra Clary","author_url":"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/author\/dr-debra-clary\/","title":"Why Curiosity Gets Punished at the Top - CEOWORLD magazine","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TQG5V8kotM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/2026\/01\/11\/why-curiosity-gets-punished-at-the-top\/\">Why Curiosity Gets Punished at the Top<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/2026\/01\/11\/why-curiosity-gets-punished-at-the-top\/embed\/#?secret=TQG5V8kotM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Why Curiosity Gets Punished at the Top&#8221; &#8212; CEOWORLD magazine\" data-secret=\"TQG5V8kotM\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr-debra-clary.jpg?wsr","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":819,"description":"Most leaders say they value curiosity.\u00a0Most organizations say they reward it. The data\u2014and lived experience\u2014suggest otherwise. In executive teams across industries, curiosity is often praised in theory and penalized in practice. Leaders encourage people to \u201cthink differently,\u201d yet when decisions need to be made quickly, questions are treated as friction. Exploration feels risky. Certainty\u00a0gets\u00a0rewarded. This\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0hypocrisy.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0a [&hellip;]"}