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Adam Grant

Disciplines:
psychology/organizational psychology

Summary

American organizational psychologist at Wharton who has written popular books translating organizational psychology research for general audiences.

Core Contribution

Give and Take: givers (who give without expectation of return) outperform takers and matchers in the long run — a data-driven argument for generosity as a professional strategy. Think Again: the importance of intellectual humility and updating beliefs. Originals: non-conformists and the spread of new ideas.

Notable Works & Achievements

Give and Take

Originals

Think Again

Historical Influences

Daniel Kahneman Martin Seligman

Intellectual Lineage

Organizational Psychology Positive Psychology

Contemporaries & Peers

Malcolm Gladwell Brené Brown

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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