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Leadership Resources from the Carlson Executive MBA Program

Think Again: Navigating 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. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn.

Adam Grant’s book opens your thinking to RETHINKING. It’s an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility over foolish consistency.

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