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Adam Grant discusses the importance of rethinking and unlearning in a rapidly changing world.

"We don't live in a stable world anymore. We live in a rapidly changing, turbulent world. And in a dynamic environment, intelligence is not just your ability to think and learn, it's your capacity to rethink and unlearn." Adam Grant, organizational psychologist, podcaster, and author of the bestseller "Think Again", tells us why we are wrong in many of our assumptions about today's world, and why we would all benefit from tackling our own biases - not least the "I'm-not-biased" bias. And he explains why the wrong sorts of people too often get promoted or elected to positions of power. Adam spoke to Radio Davos at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. Links: Think Again: https://adamgrant.net/book/think-again/ Books Adam mentions: Factfulness: https://www.gapminder.org/factfulness-book/ The Better Angels of Our Nature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Better_Angels_of_Our_Nature Not the End of the World: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145624737-not-the-end-of-the-world ReThinking is produced by Cosmic Standard . Our Senior Producer is Jessica Glazer, our Engineer is Aja Simpson, our Technical Director is Jacob Winik, and our Executive Producer…

People in this episode

Guest: Adam Grant

Topics covered

• career success
• turbulent world
• rethink
• unlearn
• biases
• leadership

Keywords

• career
• turbulence
• intelligence
• bias
• leadership
• psychology
• assumptions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Radio Davos, World Economic Forum, Cosmic Standard

Books & works: Think Again, Factfulness, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Not the End of the World

Places: Davos, Switzerland

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