Adam Grant’s Best Advice
Next Question with Katie Couric
Katie Couric Media
4.4 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2018
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Organizational psychologist and bestselling author Adam Grant joins Katie and Brian for a wide-ranging discussion about work. "My job is to fix other people's jobs," Adam explains. They delve into what makes a great leader, the difference between workplace givers and takers, and why Adam typically recommends against group brainstorms. Plus, Adam dishes on his experience sitting in on the writers' room at The Daily Show.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up y'all my name is Mimi Walker and I'm your resident auntie supreme over at Hammy my purse the podcast |
| 0:06.1 | If you aren't familiar with Hammy my purse is a podcast that's all about diving into and |
| 0:11.0 | Understanding the nuances of black culture from social emotional well-being to cultural matters mental health and just the life experiences that we have to face every day |
| 0:20.1 | Be sure to tune in every single Tuesday |
| 0:23.2 | Listen and follow Hammy my purse on the iHeart radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts |
| 0:30.9 | Check out the your financial maven podcast where we need to change the way we think about money our understanding of it and the effects |
| 0:38.1 | I'm Samantha Mittman-Bessnov CPA and I have spent over 25 years in the accounting field the your financial maven podcast |
| 0:45.3 | We'll touch on things like saving and budgeting and really anything around money to help you feel financially empowered |
| 0:51.8 | Listen to the your financial maven podcast on the iHeart radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts |
| 1:00.0 | The true crime podcast sacred scandal returns for a second season to investigate a led sexual abuse at Mexico's La Luz del Mundo Mega Church |
| 1:08.4 | Journalist Robert Garza explore survivor stories of pure evil experiences at the hands of a self-proclaimed apostle who is now behind bars |
| 1:16.3 | I remember as a little girl being groomed to be his concubine |
| 1:20.3 | That's how I was raised. It is not wrong if you take your clothes off for the apostle |
| 1:24.9 | Listen to sacred scandal on the iHeart radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts |
| 1:36.4 | Hi, Katie hi Brian Katie. Did you know that we spend a quarter of our lives at work |
| 1:41.6 | Although I think in your case, it's probably more than that. I was gonna say a quarter |
| 1:45.1 | How about three quarters at well? You remember I told Cara swish her work is like oxygen for me |
| 1:50.8 | I don't want to it's fixate you |
| 1:53.8 | Sometimes I'm sure you'd like to every now and then anyway today's guest Adam Grant is clearly right of your alley |
| 1:59.8 | He's an organizational |
| 2:01.8 | Psychologist we talk about what that means |
| 2:04.1 | He's a very popular Wharton professor and an author and he's one of the most productive people that you'll ever meet so |
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