What Adam Grant thinks about attitude change

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Organizational psychologist and professor at the Wharton School. Author of Give and Take, Originals, Think Again and Hidden Potential, host of the Re:Thinking podcast, and writer of the GRANTED newsletter.

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1. 9 Jun 2026

   Our readingBlaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds.

   Their wordsWe know from decades of research that blaming and shaming only leads people to get defensive, dig in their heels, or tune you out altogether.

   ↗Silence Is Not Necessarily Violenceadamgrant.substack.com 2nd of 5 in this piece