Leaders operationalize spacious truth by modeling curiosity over certainty. Satya Nadella’s “learn-it-all” ethos in Hit Refresh (2017) recast Microsoft’s culture around empathy, a subtle shift that encouraged dissent without retaliation. During the pandemic, Jacinda Ardern’s briefings paired clear facts with the refrain “be strong and be kind,” letting urgency and humanity coexist.
Policies that back the tone—retrospectives that surface errors safely, public credit-sharing, and mechanisms for anonymous input—convert rhetoric into breathable norms. From here, Qabbani’s own witness shows how art can enact the same ethic in public life. [...]
