Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, professor, author
Adam Grant is a world-renowned organizational psychologist, a distinguished professor at the Wharton School of business, and the author of four New York Times bestselling books: Give and Take, Originals, Option B, Power Moves, and Think Again. His work has been lauded by publications like the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times as well as by several world leaders, including Daniel Kahneman, Bill and Melinda Gates, and Malala Yousafzai, for helping people find meaning and motivation at work. Grant also proliferates his philosophies through TED talks and keynote speeches, his podcast WorkLife , and his newsletter GRANTED .
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Research shows that when we have to explain the procedures behind our decisions in real time, we think more critically and process the possibilities more thoroughly.
Flight Template Series: Think Again: Creating Higher-Performance Teams
Rethink Decision-Making and Challenge the Status Quo
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Adam Grant’s newest New York Times bestselling book Think Again asserts that learning zones are created when psychological safety is combined with process accountability. When people feel free to experiment—and to poke holes in one another’s experiments in service of making them better—they become a challenge network that serves to question assumptions and avoid shallow decision-making. Simply asking “how do you know” at a critical moment in the decision-making process can be the difference between a smooth launch and a botched launch. Use this flight plan, developed with Adam Grant, to rethink your decision-making process so far and push your team to question your assumptions before taking the next step.
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Frank, nonjudgmental thinking around the decision-making process so far
Identification of red flags and shallow decision-making
Thorough thought process to ensure no crossed wires and false starts