This week’s recommendation comes from:
Carol Chestnut
Mathematics Content Developer
Carol says: “The Institute for Learning promotes using Accountable Talk® practices to position students to grapple with concepts that advance their learning and ability to dialogue with other students and to advance the learning for the entire group. I’ve often wondered how AT would (and should) work with adults as they grapple with the bigger issues that work and life present them.
I believe the work of Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, speaks to how work life can allow adults to approach work as a member of a successful team. His work is grounded in studying companies and teams who are struggling and experimenting with unique work paradigms. And he has developed a philosophy that organizations can use to grow.”
Adam Grant: Why rethinking our ideas means we’re growing
Featuring Adam Grant; hosted by Manoush Zomorodi
“I don’t think you always have to be intellectually secure, you know, to be open minded. You just have to be curious and humble, right? You have to know that you don’t know everything, and you have to want to learn more. But I guess that requires you then to not make your ideas your identity.” – Adam Grant, organizational psychologist and professor
Some additional Adam Grant resources:
Podcast:
WorkLife with Adam Grant is a TED original podcast that seems to serve as a roadmap of his research as he developed his own philosophy of rethinking and unlearning, relationship conflicts vs. task conflicts, and creating cultures of learning.
https://www.ted.com/series/worklife_with_adam_grant
Audio Book:
Power Moves (an Audible Original)
“Yes, power can corrupt, but more often it reveals. Through interviews at the World Economic Forum in Davos with two dozen CEOs, entrepreneurs, scientists, and thought leaders, explore how people are gaining, losing, and using power differently in a connected world.”
Books in Print:
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
“Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there’s another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn.”
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
“Great innovators procrastinate. They feel fear and doubt. They have bad ideas. What sets them apart is that they persist in championing their ideas anyway, because they’re less afraid of failing than of failing to try.”
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
“Success is not about competition; it’s about contribution. The most meaningful way to succeed is to help others succeed.”
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy with Sheryl Sandberg
“Resilience is the strength and speed of our response to hardships, and it’s a capacity we can all build.”
Leif and the Fall with his wife, Allison Sweet Grant (a children’s book for 5- to 8-year-olds)
“A leaf named Leif who’s afraid to fall in the fall learns that creativity and persistence can lead to amazing things. School Library Journal calls it ‘a clever and triumphant tale’ and Kirkus describes it as ‘a polished, clever take’.”
The Gift Inside the Box with his wife, Allison Sweet Grant (a children’s book for 5- to 8-year-olds)
“A gift box meets children who want him for themselves and keeps searching for a giver. One of Amazon’s 2019 Holiday Gift Picks, this book is meant to be read interactively so that parents and teachers can start conversations with kids about generosity.”
And there is even more on his website: https://adamgrant.net/