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Ever wonder if you're making good business decisions? In commercial real estate in particular, the disruptions of the last five years have sparked much rethinking about how to make and manage business decisions, about traditional norms, common practices, the day-to and the big picture alike. So if you're like me, you've probably thought about this question a lot. On this episode, we seek some answers to that question from someone I've been excited to sit down with for a very long time. Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, a best-selling author and the keynote speaker at the recent CBRE Institute Global Forum in Arizona. Most
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frequently asked questions today from a few of you in this room is what the hell is an organizational psychologist? And my answer to that is I study how to make work not suck.
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Adam spoke to an audience of CBRE clients and colleagues and then took questions from us all. But before we get started with our sit-down, some important definitions and context from his keynote to set the stage. First, the importance
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of maintaining what Adam calls a challenge network. Your challenge network is the group of thoughtful critics who you trust to hold up a mirror so you can see your own blind spots more clearly. They are the people who, instead of lining up to tell you comforting lies, actually have the courage to give you the unpleasant truths. And I'd say I don't see a lot of that in the companies that I study.
