SLEEK #90 'Curiosity' Explores Creativity's Prerequisite in Publisher's Letter

In the publisher's letter for SLEEK issue #90, titled 'Curiosity,' Christian Bracht, Publisher & CEO of SLEEK, argues that curiosity is not a soft counterpart to strategy but its prerequisite. He notes that creativity begins with a question, not an answer, and that every innovation follows this logic. The issue includes contributions from Marie von den Benken, who critiques modern argumentation as settling into a winner's circle where listening is replaced by quick categorization. Bracht observes that curiosity does not wane with age but becomes more precise, citing Elyas M'Barek as an example of staying hungry despite success and Sven Marquardt as someone who has lived by this principle for decades. Bracht also conducted an experiment by relinquishing control before a conversation, which taught him more about curiosity than any theory. The letter concludes by asking what we are still curious about and what we have stopped asking, emphasizing that curiosity is a daily choice. Photography for the issue is by Bella Lieberberg.