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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The secret to exponential business growth might be simpler than you think – it’s all about keeping an open mind. While many entrepreneurs focus on complex strategies and cutting-edge technologies, the ...

Have you ever felt like you can’t speak your mind in class or a social setting because you are afraid your friends and classmates will misunderstand and get angry at you? I certainly have. As a ...

Accused of flip-flopping, the late economist John Maynard Keynes allegedly replied: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” Apocryphal or not, his rebuttal serves as a working ...

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, ...

But be careful not to muddle that definition. How do we mess it up? By switching the verb. To entertain an idea is not the same as fully accepting it. And neither is to entertain an idea the same as ...

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, ...

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 ...