Organizational psychologist @Wharton. #1 NYT bestseller: THINK AGAIN. Podcasts: Re:Thinking & WorkLife. Diver. Arguing like I’m right, listening like I’m wrong.
Adam M. Grant is an American popular science author, and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology.
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
71 studies, >98k people: The more short-form videos teens and adults watched, the more they struggled with attention, self-control, and stress and anxiety.
Read a book. Watch a movie. Long live longform.
Reposted by Gordon Hodson, David Hopkins
Strong leaders ask how they can get better. They seek feedback to fuel their growth, and gauge success by how many lives they improve.