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challenge networks, 83β84, 200, 218, 253
authorβs use of, 86β87, 246
corporate cultures and, 86
Pixarβs use of, 83β84
shared values in, 84n
Wright brothers as, 89β90
Challenger space shuttle disaster, 207
change, continuity and, 31
change talk, in motivational interviewing, 152β53
charged conversations, 163β83
binary bias and, 165, 166
complexification in, 165β66, 167β68, 255
emotions in, 179β83, 179, 255
idea cults and, 176β77
nuance in, 168, 171, 174, 176, 183
perspective-taking vs. perspective-seeking in, 178
productive vs. unproductive, 179β80, 179, 180
scientist mindset in, 183
Chatman, Jennifer, 89
children, see kids
choice, freedom of, 148, 255
climate change, beliefs about:
binary bias and, 169
complexity and, 172β73
desirability bias and, 168
media and, 170β73
preacher mindset and, 168
skepticism vs. denial in, 169
spectrum of, 169β70, 170
in U.S., 167, 168
climate deniers, 169
Clinton, Hillary, in 2016 election, 69, 71
cognitive ability, emotional intelligence vs., 175β76
cognitive flexibility, see mental flexibility
cognitive laziness, 7β8
as barrier to rethinking, 4
Coleman, Peter T., 163β64, 179
collective rethinking, 11, 161β222, 255β57
Columbia space shuttle disaster, 207, 210β11, 220
Columbia University, 163
commitment, escalation of, 229β30
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, 169β70
common ground, search for, 104β5, 107, 108β9, 254
common identity, 129
competence:
confidence vs., 33β54, 39, 43, 44, 48β49, 49, 252
humility and, 215n
complexification, 199
caveats and contingencies in, 173β74, 176, 255
in charged conversations, 165β67, 255
media and, 171β73
as signal of credibility, 171, 174
conclusions:
authorβs view of, 245β46
in fiction, 245
confidence, 46β48
in capacity to learn, 48, 252
competence vs., 33β54, 39, 43, 44, 48β49, 49, 252
humility and, see confident humility
ignorance and, 33, 40β41, 42β46, 43, 44
as measure of faith in self, 46β47, 47, 49, 53
mental blindness and, 41, 45
see also armchair quarterback syndrome; impostor syndrome
confident humility, 46β48, 47, 49, 52β54, 67, 72n, 112, 116β19, 215, 249
in motivational interviewing, 147, 157
confirmation bias, 25, 28, 29, 174n, 252
conflict:
avoidance of, 81β82
constructive, 77β93, 253
as energizing for disagreeable people, 82, 84
in families, 80β81
in low-performing vs. high-performing groups, 78β80, 79
see also relationship conflict; task conflict
conformity, group polarization and, 127β28
confusion, in learning process, 199, 255, 256
constructive conflict, 77β93, 253
contingencies, 174, 176, 255
continuity, change and, 31
Cooper, Christian, 181β82
core values, 55β56
beliefs vs., 64, 66n, 251
coronavirus pandemic, 248, 249
rethinking assumptions in, 9β10
Costanza, George (char.), 68, 118
counterfactual thinking:
beliefs and, 137β39
destabilizing stereotypes with, 134β40
Coutifaris, Constantinos, 213
craft, mastery of, 198
Crane, Frasier (char.), 55
crises, reversion to learned responses in, 5β7
criticism, reception to, 87n
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 27
Cuomo, Andrew, 249
curiosity, 27β28, 59, 67, 92, 102, 105, 106, 115, 117, 137, 140, 145, 147, 156β59, 165, 174, 180, 188, 197, 199, 200, 203, 211, 214, 221, 251, 255
in motivational interviewing, 147, 157
Dalio, Ray, 63
Darwin, Charles, 33
Davis, Daryl, in encounters with white supremacists, 121β22, 139β41, 151
Davis, Murray, 59
Dear Penn Freshmen (website), 197
debates, 97β119
adversarial approach to, 102β3, 107
brick walls in, 116
confident humility in, 116β17
curiosity in, 117
disagreements reframed as, 91β92
focusing on key points in, 109β11, 254
as negotiations, 104
nuance in, 117
politician mindset, 107β8
preacher mindset, 110
prosecutor mindset, 110
question-based approach in, 112β13
responses to hostility in, 113β16
scientist mindset in, 102β6, 107, 108β9
search for common ground in, 107, 108β9, 254
defend-attack spirals, 105, 109
deniers, skeptics vs., 169
desirability bias, 25, 28, 29, 71, 168, 173, 174n
detachment:
of opinions from identity, 62, 69β70, 76
of past from present sense of self, 62β63, 69, 76, 251
Difficult Conversations Lab, 163β64, 179
disagreeable people:
conflict as energizing for, 82, 84
as good critics, 86β87
task conflict and, 83, 84
task conflict encouraged by, 90
see also pirates
discovery, joy of, 69, 188, 198, 203
Disney, 85
Doctorow, E. L., 242
Dodge, Wagner, 1β2, 5β6, 8, 11
doubt, 4, 28, 30β31, 45, 65, 67, 92, 165, 208, 211, 221, 234, 243, 250
benefits of, 47β49, 52, 54, 80, 250
debilitating effect of, 46β47, 52β53
in rethinking cycles, 27, 45, 67, 83, 92, 112β13, 137, 140, 147, 158, 165, 171, 187, 188, 208, 234, 261
see also confident humility; self-doubt
drafts and revisions, in learning process, 199β203, 256
Duke University, UNC rivalry with, 131
dumbstruck effect, 192
Dunning, David, 38, 40, 44, 158
Dunning-Kruger effect, 38β39, 40β41, 42n, 43, 52, 53, 252
Durant, Kevin, 124n
Dutton, Jane, 242
Earth, as seen from space, 128β29
echo chambers, 61, 164, 252
Edmondson, Amy, 208β9, 217β18
education:
entrenched beliefs in, 17
teaching students to question knowledge, 185β203
see also learning; teachers, teaching
Einstein, Albert, 22
elections, U.S., of 2016, 66β67, 69β71, 70, 71, 164
EL Education, 201β2
emotional intelligence:
cognitive ability vs., 175β76
overestimating, 42
emotions, 24, 59, 63, 69, 75, 78
binary bias in, 180
in charged conversations, 179β83, 179, 255
mixed, 180β81
as works in progress, 180, 255
England, career choices in, 233n
entrepreneurship:
decisiveness as overvalued in, 21β22
scientist mindset and, 20β22, 21, 251
erroneous thinking, 55β76
attachment to, 62
echo chambers and filter bubbles in, 61, 164, 252
joy of acknowledging, 61β62, 65β66, 69, 70, 71β72, 89, 252
escalation of commitment, 229β30
Γtienne-Rousseau, Marie-HΓ©lΓ¨ne, 143, 145, 147β48, 155, 158β59
Γtienne-Rousseau, Tobie, 143, 145, 147β48, 155
Eversley, Karina, 206
excellence, ethic of, 198, 200
experience, expertise vs., 43β44
experience machine, 194
expertise, experience vs., 43β44
experts, questioning judgment of, 18
Facebook, precursor to, 8
fallibility, acceptance of, 59
feedback, 86, 212β13, 256
Feynman, Richard, 59
fiction, conclusion in, 245
fight-or-flight response, 60
filter bubbles, 61, 164, 252
Floyd, George, 10
forecasting, accuracy of, 65β73
rethinking and, 67β68, 248
forecasting tournaments, 65, 73
Forster, E. M., 158
Fragale, Alison, 131
Gagneur, Arnaud, 148β49, 155, 158β59
Gates, Bill, 212
Gates, Melinda, 212
Mean Reviews video and, 214β15
Gates Foundation, 208
Mean Reviews video at, 214β15
psychological safety at, 212β13, 214β15
Give and Take (Grant), 62n
givers, success rate of, 61, 62n
Goldman, Emma, 245
Goleman, Daniel, 175
Good Judgment, 65
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 121
Google, 209
Gore, Al, 167, 168β69
Graf, Steffi, 124n
Graham, Paul, 114
Grant, Adam (author):
agreeableness trait of, 81β82, 89
approach to debate, 103β4, 113β15
career choices and, 225β26
challenge network of, 86β87
complexifying conversations, 174β77
family background of, 226
and joy of being wrong, 62, 89
motivational interviewing and, 151β53
online social network and, 8β9
questioning stereotypes, 137β38
as teacher, 195β98
Grant, Ryan, medical career of, 226β28, 230, 241β42
Great Depression, 249
greatness, of composers, 114β15
Greenspan, Stephen, 18, 19
Grindle, Nicole, 88β89
grit, 229β30
group polarization:
conformity and, 128
stereotypes and, 127β28
groups:
contact between, 139
stereotypes and, 139
gun control, 164
habits, 8, 9
cognitive laziness and, 7β8
Handey, Jack, 225
Hansen, Chris, 207, 211
Hansen, Michele, 117β18
happiness, pursuit of, 237β38
environment and, 238β40
meaning vs., 238, 240β41
Hemingway, Ernest, 87, 239
Holocaust deniers, 189β90
Holocaust survivors, 130, 132, 189β90
hostility, responses to, 113β16
hot dog sandwich survey, 125, 125
humility, 27, 45β48, 52β54, 106, 112, 117, 119, 137, 147, 157β58, 165, 200, 214β15, 221, 234, 243, 249β50, 256
competence and, 215n
as groundedness, 46β48
intellectual, see intellectual humility
self-doubt vs., 46
see also confident humility
hypotheses, testing of, 20, 21, 23
Ibarra, Herminia, 235
IBM, Project Debater of, 97β102, 107β10
Iceland, 2008 financial crisis in, 35β36
idea cults, 176β77
identity, see self, sense of
identity foreclosure, 230, 232β33, 234, 242
ideology, see beliefs
ignorance, confidence and, 33, 40β41, 42β46, 43, 44
Igβ’ Nobel Prize, 38
impostor syndrome, 36, 37β38, 49β51
armchair quarterback syndrome vs., 51
gender and, 51n
in high achievers, 50
possible benefits of, 50β54
Inconvenient Truth, An (film), 167
Incredibles, The (film), 83,
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