Episode 557: Adam Grant

Published: Nov. 8, 2023, 2:45 p.m.

b'Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, author, and host of the podcasts\\xa0Work Life\\xa0and\\xa0Re: Thinking. His new book is\\xa0Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things.\\n\\u201cIf you only focus on your own interest, you tend to develop novel ideas, but not necessarily useful ideas. And so for me, the audience is a filter. \\u2026 I might have 30 ideas for a book. Let me hone in on the four or five that also might be relevant to other people. The goal there is to make a contribution.\\u201d\\nShow notes:\\n\\nadamgrant.net\\n\\n\\nGive and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success\\xa0(Penguin \\u2022 2014)\\n\\n\\nOriginals: How Non-Conformists Move the World\\xa0(Penguin \\u2022 2017)\\n\\n\\nHidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things\\xa0(Viking \\u2022 2023)\\n\\n\\nWork Life with Adam Grant\\xa0(TED Audio Collective)\\n\\n\\nRe: Thinking with Adam Grant\\xa0(TED Audio Collective)\\n\\nGrant\'s\\xa0New York Times\\xa0archive\\n\\n17:00\\xa0"The Necessity of Others is The Mother of Invention: Intrinsic and Prosocial Motivations, Perspective Taking, and Creativity"\\xa0(Adam Grant and James Berry \\u2022 Academy of Management \\u2022 Nov 2017)\\n\\n22:00\\xa0"It\'s Not the Ideas You Create, It\'s Which Ones You Choose"\\xa0(Leigh Buchanan \\u2022 Inc. \\u2022 Feb 2016)\\n\\n40:00\\xa0Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don\\u2019t Know\\xa0(Viking \\u2022 2021)\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'