As far as business books go, this one is solid. I can see myself recommending it to a lot of clients because it does a great job making the case for interrogating our thinking, examining our beliefs, and holding everything a bit loosely.
This book is about having a scientifc mindset on what you know. Its core tenent is to evaluate and reavalute what you know. Being open to ideas.
I connect this book to the idea of
Growth mindest vs Fixed mind.
Agile emperical thinking
Learning organizations
Non-violent comunication.
I value what Grant writes about Conventional vs. Alternative View of Intelligence, The Blessing of Being Wrong, Motivational Talking, The power of imposter syndrome.
The book is full of tools to help you and others to think scientifically.
In the shaper about Motivational Talking, includes the following points:
1. open-ended questions
2. reflective listening, and
3. encouragement to change.
This is a good starting point for building a growth mindset or a learning organisation.
I thought this would be more similar Julia Galef's The Scout Mindset. I'm glad I read both books because this didn't overlap The Scout Mindset as much as I expected it would.
I took a lot of notes in the first 3 chapters and on chapter 12 (teaching students to question knowledge) but most of the middle chapters didn't feel as noteworthy/actionable for me.
I expect I'll be referring back to many of the analogies (preacher, prosecutor, politician, and scientist modes), some of the mantras/pithy phrases, and a few of the studies referenced.
