---
id: "action-induce-knowledge-gaps"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ 3. Help your workforce harness the skills AI is unlikely to master"]
tags: ["management-tactics", "learning"]
related: ["concept-curiosity-hacks", "claim-expertise-redefined"]
action: "Deliberately induce knowledge gaps and reward employees for questioning things to boost workforce curiosity."
outcome: "A workforce better equipped to ask the right questions and critically vet AI insights."
speakers: ["Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic"]
sources: ["adoption"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-adoption"
originDay: 9
articleStem: "hbr-edu-36-team-collaborate-with-ai"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2024/11/set-your-team-up-to-collaborate-with-ai-successfully"
sourceTitle: "Set Your Team Up to Collaborate with AI Successfully"
---
# Induce Knowledge Gaps to Boost Curiosity

**Action:** Deliberately induce knowledge gaps and reward employees for questioning things to boost workforce curiosity.

**How:** Managers should actively use scientific [[concept-curiosity-hacks]]: (1) deliberately induce knowledge gaps (create intrigue about what people don't know but need to); (2) reward employees who question the status quo and ask 'why'; (3) model inquisitive behaviors themselves.

**Outcome:** A workforce better equipped to ask the right questions and critically vet AI insights — directly serving the claim that [[claim-expertise-redefined]]. This is the manager-facing execution of pillar 3 of [[framework-5-ways-ai-collaboration]].