Adam Grant
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Adam M. Grant is an American psychologist and author who is currently a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology. He received academic tenure aged 28, making him the youngest tenured professor at the Wharton School.
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The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
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An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of warIn The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern Amer...
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Mar 06, 2021Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne Cox, Jason Reynolds, Austin Channing Bro...
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Mar 06, 2021Blending behavioral science and design, Leidy Klotz's Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less offers a scientific appreciation of why we underuse subtraction—and how to access its untapped potential. When humans solve problems, we overlook an incredibly powerful option: We don’t subtract. We pile on “to-dos” but don’t consider “stop-doings.” We crea...
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Mar 06, 2021A better way to combat knee-jerk biases and make smarter decisions, from Julia Galef, the acclaimed expert on rational decision-making....
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Mar 06, 2021New York Times...
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Mar 06, 2021When we are baffled by the insanity of the “other side”—in our politics, at work, or at home—it’s because we aren’t seeing how the conflict itself has taken over.That’s what “high conflict” does. It’s the invisible hand of our time. And it’s different from the useful friction of healthy conflict. That’s good conflict, and it’s a necessary force tha...
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Mar 06, 2021A Visual Learner's Guide to Being a Grown-Up
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Based on Matt Shirley's popular Instagram account, this smart and hilarious guide is a collection of tables, lists, and charts for all the visual learners out there striving to be a successful grown-up.We all know the particular pain that comes with having to be an actual adult, whether it's resetting your internet password on ten different sites, ...
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Mar 06, 2021“I often talk about the importance of trust when it comes to work: the trust of your employees and building trust with your customers. This book provides a blueprint for how to build and maintain that trust and connection in a digital environment.” —Eric S. Yuan, founder and CEO of ZoomA Harvard Business School professor and leading expert in virtu...
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Bob SuttonFrom Kim Scott, author of the revolutionary New York Times bestseller Radical Candor, comes Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair―how we can recognize, attack, and eliminate workplace injustice―and transform our careers and organizations in the process.We―all of us―consistently exclude, underestimate, and underutilize huge numbers of people in the ...
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Mar 06, 2021An Adam Grant Spring Book Pick...
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Mar 06, 2021From the New York Times best-selling author and host of Hidden Brain comes a thought-provoking look at the role of self-deception in human flourishing.Self-deception does terrible harm to us, to our communities, and to the planet. But if it is so bad for us, why is it ubiquitous? In Useful Delusions, Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler argue that, par...
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Mar 06, 2021Conflicted by Ian Leslie
Rise by Lindsey Vonn
Social Chemistry by Marissa King
Eat a Peach by David Chang
Life Is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler
Perfectly Confident by Don A Moore
Together by Vivek H Murthy M.D.
Think Like a Rocket Scientist by Ozan Varol
Joy at Work by Marie Kondo
Weird by Olga Khazan
More Myself by Alicia Keys
What's Your Problem? by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee
Powershift by Daymond John
Upstream by Dan Heath
Clearer, Closer, Better by Emily Balcetis
Friendship by Lydia Denworth
All You Have to Do Is Ask by Wayne Baker
Tightrope by Nicholas D. Kristof
The 4 Day Week by Andrew Barnes
You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy
Quiet by Susan Cain