From Curiosity to Collaboration: Building a Meaningful Life and Career

What if the key to a meaningful career-and a fulfilling life-wasn't having all the answers, but asking better questions?

From Curiosity to Collaboration is a practical, research-based guide for anyone seeking "something more." Drawing on leadership coaching, systems thinking, and behavioral science-alongside real stories of growth-author Ilana J. Sprongl shows how curiosity sparks discovery, courage fuels action, vulnerability deepens trust, and connection unlocks collaboration.

This isn't another quick-fix manual. Each chapter offers grounded practices, reflective questions, and actionable tools to help you:

- Reignite your curiosity and creativity.
- Act with courage, even when fear whispers "stay safe."
- Build trust and connection that sustain collaboration.
- Carry these practices forward as lifelong companions for growth.

Whether you're leading teams, navigating career change, or simply ready to live with more purpose, this book will meet you where you are-and invite you forward with clarity and conviction.

Ilana J. Sprongl (ilanajsprongl.com) is an organizational leader, executive coach, and consultant with more than two decades of experience at the intersection of leadership, change, and software delivery. She continues to support and lead individuals and teams in fast-moving environments and through real-life complexities with her signature approach: a practical, research-oriented, cross-disciplinary, and human-centred mindset.

An accredited and active member of the coaching community and International Coaching Federation (ICF), Sprongl also has CIO.D designation (executive leadership) and is a member of CIOCAN (CIO Association of Canada). She takes part in professional networks focused on systems thinking, organizational transformation, software leadership, and executive development. From Curiosity to Collaboration is her second book, after Inside the Box: Mastering Internal Product Management (2025). She lives in Georgetown, Ontario, with her husband, child, cat, and dog.