How to Master Quick Decision Making with Adam Grant | Ep. 482

Adam Grant is Wharton’s top-rated professor, the host of podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant, and the author of three New York Times Best Sellers: Option B (with Sheryl Sandberg), Originals, and Give and Take. Adam revisits the show to discuss his latest book, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know.

What We Discuss with Adam Grant:

💡 Why being open to changing your mind is a huge advantage in your personal and professional life — and not weakness, as your ego is urging you to believe.
💡 The criteria by which Amazon’s Jeff Bezos makes big decisions quickly while allowing room for a change of mind when new information is revealed.
💡 How you can use brainwriting instead of brainstorming to come up with the best ideas from within your organization without losing them to the hazards of dreaded groupthink.
💡 Why your network could do with a “disagreeable giver” (or several) to tear your ideas apart and point out the holes in your thinking — not to bring you down, but to help you improve.
💡 How to preface criticism so that other people really hear it (in only 19 words or so) without taking offense.
💡 And much more…

We all harbor strong opinions on any number of things. Some people take umbrage when pineapple appears as a pizza topping. Others will only vote in favor of (or against) a chosen political party. Mention your favorite guitarist, drummer, or accordionist in the wrong company and you might inadvertently be inviting yourself to a fistfight. Randomly suggest on social media that you think income disparity could be better managed in a first-world country and you’ll make instant friends and enemies, depending on the proximity of their own views to yours. But how often do you actively re-evaluate the opinions you hold and actually change your mind about them? Maybe the pineapple you tried on pizza that one time was past its expiration. Perhaps the political party you usually oppose took a surprising stance in support of an issue about which you care deeply. It could be that your favorite musician up to this point is a hack compared to someone else you heard for the first time today. And maybe reading a book about the root causes of income disparity might help you see a different solution than the one you’ve been championing. Changing your mind shouldn’t be seen as a weakness only exhibited by “flip-floppers,” but an ability to adapt to new information.

On this episode, Wharton’s top-rated professor Adam Grant revisits us to discuss his latest bestseller, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. Here, we discuss how knowing when to change your mind can propel you to success in your personal and professional life, brainwriting versus brainstorming for optimal ideas that avoid the rut of groupthink, why your network should make room for a “disagreeable giver” (or several) to keep you grounded with honest feedback, how to preface criticism in a way that’s helpful without being offensive, and much more. Any time spent listening to what Adam has to say is a goldmine of practical advice that will serve you well — and this episode is no exception. Listen, learn, and enjoy!

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