Adam Grant

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Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcast WorkLife

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Recognized as Wharton's top-rated professor, and one of the world's 10 most influential management thinkers and Fortune's 40 under 40.

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and 4 other books that have sold millions of copies. TED talks have been viewed over 30 million times. Host of WorkLife with Adam Grant, a TED original podcast.

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Honors & Awards

  • 100 Most Creative People in Business

    Fast Company

  • Class of 1984 Teaching Award

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    Highest-rated Wharton MBA professor

  • #1 New York Times bestseller

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  • Thinkers 50 Most Influential Management Thinkers

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  • Class of 1984 Teaching Award

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    Highest-rated Wharton MBA professor

  • World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

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  • Fellow, Martin Prosperity Institute

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    http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/Connect/MediaCentre/NewsReleases/20141110.aspx

  • HR's Most Influential International Thinkers

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    http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/static/thinkers-os

  • "Goes Above and Beyond the Call of Duty" MBA Teaching Award

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  • Class of 1984 Teaching Award

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    Highest-rated Wharton MBA professor

  • Excellence in Teaching Award

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    MBA Curriculum

  • Excellence in Teaching Award

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    Wharton Undergraduate Division

  • Forbes Most Dynamic Social Innovation Initiatives of 2013

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    http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanmcpherson/2013/12/16/the-most-dynamic-social-innovation-initiatives-of-2013/

  • Harvard Business Review Ideas that Shaped Management

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    http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/12/the-ideas-that-shaped-management-in-2013/

  • Wall Street Journal Favorite Books of 2013

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    http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303670804579234504183150672

  • Washington Post Books Every Leader Should Read

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    http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/2013-books-every-leader-should-read/2013/12/16/290d326e-6426-11e3-aa81-e1dab1360323_gallery.html#item0

  • Amazon Best Books of the Year

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  • Financial Times Books of the Year

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    http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/f60b681e-529f-11e3-8586-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2m8Iif2bZ

  • Inc. Best Books of 2013 for Entrepreneurs

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    www.inc.com/ss/jeff-haden/best-2013-books-entrepreneurs

  • Fortune's Five Must-Read Business Books

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    http://money.cnn.com/gallery/leadership/2013/10/31/best-business-books.fortune/5.html

  • Oprah Magazine 15 riveting reads to pick up in May

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    http://www.oprah.com/book-list/14-Riveting-Reads-to-Pick-Up-in-May-2013

  • Class of 1984 Teaching Award

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    Highest-rated Wharton MBA professor

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, MBA Curriculum

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  • New York Times bestseller

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  • Wall Street Journal bestseller

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  • “Goes Above and Beyond the Call of Duty” MBA Teaching Award

    The Wharton School

  • BusinessWeek Favorite Professors

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  • Class of 1984 Teaching Award

    The Wharton School

    Highest-rated Wharton MBA professor

  • “Goes Above and Beyond the Call of Duty” MBA Teaching Award

    The Wharton School

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, MBA Elective Curriculum

    The Wharton School

  • Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award

    Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Division

  • Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Applied Psychology

    American Psychological Association

  • Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award – Science

    Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, MBA Core Curriculum

    The Wharton School

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Undergraduate Division

    The Wharton School

  • “Goes Above and Beyond the Call of Duty” MBA Teaching Award

    The Wharton School

  • World’s 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40

    Poets and Quants

  • Owens Scholarly Achievement Award, Best Publication in I/O Psychology

    Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, MBA Elective Curriculum

    The Wharton School

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Undergraduate Division

    The Wharton School

  • MBA Teaching All-Star

    Kenan-Flagler Business School

  • Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Rensis Likert Prize, Best Paper from a Dissertation in Organization Studies

    University of Michigan

  • Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

    Kenan-Flagler Business School

  • Best Published Scholarly Article

    Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship

  • Early Research Award, Applied Science

    American Psychological Association

  • Graduate Research Fellowship

    National Science Foundation

  • Junior Fellow

    American Academy of Political and Social Science

  • Manager of the Year

    Harvard Student Agencies

    For leadership, commitment, and business acumen

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

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