Malcolm Gladwell & Adam Grant on Acknowledging Your Mistakes — Authors@Wharton

Описание: This conversation between Adam Grant (The Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management at the Wharton School) and author Malcolm Gladwell was part of our Authors@Wharton Speaker Series. Launched by Prof. Grant in 2012 and hosted by the McNulty Leadership Program, the series seeks to enrich intellectual engagement and encourage dialogue between students, faculty, staff, and alumni outside of the classroom.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath, Talking to Strangers, and The Bomber Mafia. He is also the co-founder of Pushkin Industries, an audio production company that produces audiobooks like Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon, as well as podcasts including Revisionist History, Broken Record, The Happiness Lab, Against the Rules, and Medal of Honor: Stories of Courage. Gladwell has been included in the Time 100 Most Influential People list and was named one of Foreign Policy’s Top Global Thinkers. Previously, he was a staff writer for The New Yorker. Gladwell was born in England and grew up in rural Ontario. He lives in New York.

0:00 Introduction
3:00 Malcolm Gladwell's inspiration for a 'Tipping Point' sequel
7:00 Defensive Pessimists and Strategic Optimist
12:10 Use and interpretation of criticism
16:11 Importance of self-correction
22:55 Taking Responsibilities for Mistakes and Failures
26:40 Punks and Goths: Exploring uniformity and diversity
36:30 Self-handicapping in social settings
38:38 The relationship between engaging in sports and success
49:19 The impact of Gladwell's conclusions on readers' perspectives
51:16 Gladwell’s take on revisionist scenarios
57:05 The asymmetry of complaint and system justification theory
1:02:35 Has Gladwell considered writing fiction?
1:06:51 How does a high achiever disidentify with accomplisment?
1:15:49 What Will Malcolm Gladwell Never Change His Mind About?

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