Julie Pham

About Julie Pham

I’m the Founder & CEO of CuriosityBased. We often work with teams where everyone believes they are a good listener, open to feedback, and self-aware — yet colleagues experience them differently. The issue isn’t a lack of desire for curiosity. It’s a lack of shared understanding about what it looks like in practice.Through keynotes, workshops, retreat facilitation, and strategic advising, we design learning experiences that:• Strengthen alignment between leadership and frontline teams • Turn miscommunication into productive dialogue • Build shared language around respect and accountability • Create buy-in across departments, not just at the topEven in a single session, participants leave with practical, jargon-free tools they can apply immediately — in meetings, in moments of tension, and at home.In our work, we help organizations identify what gets in the way of collective curiosity — the habits, assumptions, and blind spots that quietly erode trust and waste time. This isn’t about making individuals “more curious.” It’s about building shared responsibility for how people show up with one another.We often begin with leadership, but we believe curiosity is everyone’s responsibility — from frontline staff to executive teams. Our approach is thought-provoking for senior leaders and practical for the people doing the daily work, so the learning translates into everyday behavior. People even tell us they apply what they learn to their home life.My path has been unconventional — from earning my PhD at Cambridge as a Gates Scholar, to running my family’s Vietnamese-language newspaper, to partnering with global companies and local governments to build more connected cultures.If you’re looking for a practical, organization-wide approach to strengthening communication, curiosity, and accountability — let’s talk. Awards include:Cornerstone Lifetime Achievement Award (NCVAA, 2023)| Female Founders Alliance Champion (2019)| German Marshall Memorial Fellow | Harvard Business School Young American Leaders Program Watch my TEDx Talk: more: curiositybased.com Explore:@CuriosityBased on YouTube

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Curiositybased

   Jan 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   CuriosityBased supports organizations who invest in relationship building and fostering curiosity in their workplaces through our original learning experiences and curiosity-based inclusion content.

Education

• University of Cambridge

  M.Phil, Historical studies

  2001 — 2002

• University of Cambridge

  PhD, History

  2003 — 2008

• University of California, Berkeley

  BA, History

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Leadership
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Business Strategy
• Social Media
• Program Management
• Public Speaking
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Non-Profits
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Fundraising
• Marketing Strategy
• Integrated Marketing
• Vietnamese
• Strategic Planning
• Event Management
• Leadership Development
• Social Media Marketing
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Communication Skills
• Volunteer Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Strategy
• Advertising
• Nonprofits
• Event Planning
• Social Networking
• Customer Focus
• Editing
• Management
• Blogging
• Lead Generation
• Research
• Marketing
• Community Outreach