{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Curious as Hell","title":"Curious as Hell S01E05: The Leader With the Fewest Blind Spots Wins. Not the Smartest. Here's Why.","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4366,"description":"The skills that got you promoted are the same ones quietly strangling your team's potential.Jayson Krause spent eight years as a funded national team bobsled athlete before discovering that the most important performance arena is not a track. It is the room where a senior leader decides whether to solve a problem or ask a question. Since 2010, he has worked with CEOs, founders, and senior executives across Canada and the US, and his message is consistent: curiosity is not a soft skill. It is an operational discipline with a measurable ROI.This conversation goes directly at the habits, reward systems, and hidden costs that keep smart leaders stuck, and the framework for getting unstuck.Key themes from this episode:The three triggers that bring leaders to coaching: the board mandate, the proactive edge-seeker, and the nightmare that wakes you up at 2 am. Mandated coaching rarely works. Pain is what actually creates space for real change.The Awareness, Intention, Experiment, Reflection (A-I-E-R) model: how to move from reaction to reflection before you blow it, borrowed from elite sport and applied directly to leadership behaviour.The seduction of solving: every time you answer a question your team could have answered themselves, you get a dopamine hit and they lose a development opportunity. The habit is well-intentioned and quietly destructive.Relational equity: your engagement problem is not a culture problem. It is a measurement problem. Jayson explains what to track instead.The meerkat story: a COO described by his team as the Grim Reaper rebuilt his entire reputation in six months through deliberate, specific work. This is what that actually looks like.What happens when you ask your team \"What would make this the best year of your professional career?\" and actually wait for the answer: most leaders have never asked it. Most teams have never been asked.Chapters:0:00 — Introduction1:29 — Jayson's path: from national team athlete to executive coach3:57 — Coaching...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QOEiJ2wpmDNYU0xIPG6puYq1S-K-IIeCewA8sk4jLp4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82NjMy/MTY0NmNjY2E1MzNh/MmExOTI0MTkyNjcy/MDYwNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}