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November 18, 2025

The Best Leaders Encourage "Spacious Thinking"

Reitz, M., Higgins, J. (2025). The Best Leaders Encourage "Spacious Thinking". Harvard Business Review.

There are two modes of attention that people use at work: doing mode, in which they pay narrow attention to a specific task in order to control, predict and get it done efficiently; and spacious mode, in which they pay attention more expansively, without hurry, making them more receptive to relationships, interdependencies, and possibilities.

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