Adam Grant
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Like, here, I'm going to bestow upon you this gift.
I have power over you.
And I am unilaterally declaring that you have freedom.
But without that, you'd be trapped with me.
Such a win.
You're my hero if you say that in any meeting ever, including right now.
Do you address that with a person then as opposed to having to repeatedly find the graceful way to escape?
Wow.
Yeah, I respect that.
I wonder if you have an exception, which is...
There's, well, I think about the really critical function of what's called pro-social gossip.
Like, I need to warn you that this person has a pattern of being a selfish taker.
Watch out.
That's different, right?
Yeah, that's not cool.
I love that.
It seems like we should all build a simple norm that everybody reads the same way.
Yeah.
Did you watch jury duty?
No.