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In 'Think Again', Adam Grant emphasizes the importance of rethinking our choices through individual, interpersonal, and collective approaches. The book provides practical tips for fostering a culture of curiosity and open-mindedness, encouraging readers to question their beliefs, engage in productive conversations, and create learning environments. Key themes include the necessity of humility, the value of task conflict, and the need to teach children the art of rethinking.

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Think Again - Report-1

In 'Think Again', Adam Grant emphasizes the importance of rethinking our choices through individual, interpersonal, and collective approaches. The book provides practical tips for fostering a culture of curiosity and open-mindedness, encouraging readers to question their beliefs, engage in productive conversations, and create learning environments. Key themes include the necessity of humility, the value of task conflict, and the need to teach children the art of rethinking.

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Think Again

Summary

Adam Grant is famous for writing multiple best-selling non-fiction books. In his latest book thin
Again he tries to help us in rethinking our choices. And for that, he gives many compelling
reasons and also gives tips and tools to help us rethink. He has divided the book into 3 parts. In
the first part, he talks about ways in which we can do rethinking at an individual level. Below are
the key ideas for promoting individual rethinking.
1. Develop the habit of rethinking. We often get stuck on a view and go in the preacher
mode ( trying to prove our point), prosecutor mode ( trying to argue someone else’s
point), or politick mode( promoting some point). But we should instead take a view as a
hypothesis and test it just like a scientist does. Values curiosity, learning, and open-
mindedness. Never fixate yourself on some particular value and define your identity on it.
2. Calibrate your confidence. Being humble doesn't mean low confidence. There is a
balance where someone could have good confidence and also stay grounded. This means
they remain doubtful of their approach and also embrace the joy of failing. Do not be
overconfident where you cannot even see your own mistakes.
3. Invite others to question your approach and thinking. There are task conflicts and there
are relationship conflicts. Although relationship conflicts could be a blocker, task conflict
could help you rethink your decisions and help in improving your
product/service/organization, etc. If you are trying to implement this at work you could
have a challenge group that challenges internal ideas and stress tests them.

In the second part, he talks about interpersonal rethinking. He talks about ways we can increase
rethinking in conversations with friends, family, co-workers. Below are the points to increase
interpersonal rethinking.

1. Ask productive and better questions. Do not ask questions just for the sake of asking or
promoting something. Be a better listener and ask proactive and probing questions
curiously. Ask them how they formed their opinions and about any evidence which
supports them.
2. Disagreement is a dance. Dance is a synchronous exercise and so is a disagreement.
Acknowledge the common ground and then give them the freedom of choice. Remember
in a debate while providing your reasons less is more. Give them a few solid facts-based
results.

The third part is about collective rethinking and below are the ideas that tell us ways we can
inculcate that in our society.
1. Have nuanced conversations. Not everything is black and white. Look for more
complicated emotions in a conversation and try to not be polarized by any views or ideas.
Do not shy away from showing your vulnerabilities. That would make you much more
believable.
2. Teach kids to think again. The idea is to promote the culture of asking questions and
drive their curiosity. While developing something or creating something new, ask them
for multiple drafts where they take feedback after each pass to improve and rework on the
previous drafts.
3. Create learning organizations. Best practices could still be reworked. Instill an
environment of psychological safety where people are open to sharing positive as well as
negative feedback.
4. Rethink about your future. With the future evolving so fast your 10-year plan may be
outdated by the time it passes. Changing your surroundings does not work, rethink your
actions. Now and then check up on different areas of your life work, relationships, etc.

Compelling Quotes

1. “ When we lack the knowledge and the skill to achieve excellence, we sometimes lack
the knowledge and the skill to judge excellence” Chapter 2
2. “ Appreciating complexity reminds us that no behavior is always effective and that call
cures have unintended consequences” Chapter 8
3. “ For the record, I think it is better to lose the past 2 progress than to waste 20” Chapter
11

Key talking points


1. The idea that how we are so fixated on some opinions, values, and preconceived notions.
And how difficult it is for us to rethink other options or values and how complex the real
world is.
2. The idea that you want to have a scientist kind of thinking where you constantly test your
views and are open to changing it if something proves that your views/choices were
incorrect.
3. We talk about different types of ways you can influence people while talking as well as
make your arguments in the debate more compelling.
4. Promoting task conflict and challenging the network at the workplace. The example of
the Wright brothers was amazing.
5. Ways you can embrace disagreement and navigate through those kinds of conversations
using shared trust and beliefs.
6. Make rethinking a habit right from childhood. Helping kids with drafting different
versions during their creative process.

Questions I think the hosts should ask:


1. In times like these when we have so many topics which polarize everyone ( politics,
climate change) is there a way we can use motivational questioning to come to a common
solution?
2. How can self-awareness and confidence help to trigger the rethinking process?
3. If we consider rethinking as an exercise how fast can our brain adapt to do this on a
regular level?
4. Can we use this process of rethinking to drive creativity in organizations?
5. For people who are struggling with negative thoughts, wouldn't rethinking the mistakes
they made earlier make this even worse?

Section I think the host should read

1. Chapter 4 where they discussed task conflict and had examples of the Wright Brothers.
2. Chapter 5 talked about ways you can influence people in conversations, speeches, and
even in debates.
3. Chapter 9 talked about how courses, speeches could be rewritten. It talked about how a
question textbook and having active learning could improve schooling.

Hidden Gems

1. Chapter 5 had some nice tips for some expert negotiating.


2. Chapter 11 had tips for parents to help their kids find compelling and fulfilling careers.
3. Chapter 3 had some mentions of Daniel Kahneman. He has written a book covering a
bunch of biases we have which can help us understand our choices better.

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