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Adam Grant is an American organizational psychologist, professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and bestselling author known for his research on motivation, generosity, and creativity. He has written several influential books and is recognized as one of the world’s most influential management thinkers.
Known for: Think Again, Give and Take, Option B, Originals, Hidden Potential, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
Books by Adam Grant
Think Again
In this book, organizational psychologist Adam Grant explores the importance of rethinking and unlearning in a rapidly changing world. He argues that intelligence is not just about thinking and learni...
Give and Take
Give and Take argues that success is shaped not only by talent, effort, and ambition, but by the way we deal with other people. Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist at Wharton, divides social be...
Option B
Option B is a deeply human book about what happens after life shatters the future you expected. Co-written by Sheryl Sandberg and psychologist Adam Grant, it begins with Sandberg’s devastating loss af...
Originals
What makes someone challenge the default, question accepted wisdom, and push a new idea into the world when everyone else seems content to follow the script? In Originals, organizational psychologist ...
Hidden Potential
What if the biggest barrier to success is not a lack of talent, but a mistaken belief about how talent works? In Hidden Potential, organizational psychologist Adam Grant argues that excellence is far ...
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
Option B explores how people can build resilience and find meaning after life’s inevitable setbacks. Drawing from Sheryl Sandberg’s personal experience of loss and Adam Grant’s research in psychology,...
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Part I – Individual Rethinking
At the heart of individual rethinking lies an uncomfortable truth: we love our own ideas more than we love truth itself. Our minds have defense mechanisms—habitual identities, confirmation biases, and emotional attachments—that make us resistant to change. In *Think Again*, I explore these tendencie...
From Think Again
The Joy of Being Wrong
If individual rethinking begins with humility, it flourishes through the joy of being wrong. The phrase may sound paradoxical, but being wrong is one of the most liberating experiences we can have. In my research, I’ve seen that those who take pleasure in discovering their mistakes tend to learn fas...
From Think Again
Defining the Three Reciprocity Styles
Every workplace runs on hidden rules of exchange. Some people instinctively ask, “What can I get?” Others ask, “What’s fair?” And a smaller group asks, “How can I help?” Grant calls these three reciprocity styles takers, matchers, and givers, and he argues that understanding them explains far more a...
From Give and Take
Why Givers Rise and Fall
The most surprising insight in Give and Take is that givers often occupy both ends of the success spectrum. They are overrepresented among the least successful people and among the most successful. That paradox is at the heart of the book. Why do some givers fail? Because generosity without boundar...
From Give and Take
Networking Through Generosity, Not Self-Promotion
Many people think networking is about collecting contacts, impressing strangers, or staying visible to powerful people. Grant turns that idea upside down. The strongest networks are often built not by self-serving promotion but by genuine contribution. Takers often network aggressively, approaching...
From Give and Take
Collaboration Thrives When Credit Is Shared
In many organizations, collaboration fails not because people lack talent, but because they do not feel safe sharing ideas, mistakes, or credit. Grant argues that givers are often the hidden engine of great teamwork because they create environments where contribution matters more than ego. Takers c...
From Give and Take
About Adam Grant
Adam Grant is an American organizational psychologist, professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and bestselling author known for his research on motivation, generosity, and creativity. He has written several influential books and is recognized as one of the world’s most inf...
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Adam Grant is an American organizational psychologist, professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and bestselling author known for his research on motivation, generosity, and creativity. He has written several influential books and is recognized as one of the world’s most inf...
Adam Grant is an American organizational psychologist, professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and bestselling author known for his research on motivation, generosity, and creativity. He has written several influential books and is recognized as one of the world’s most influential management thinkers.
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