The Weekly Take from CBRE Adam Grant on questioning conventional wisdom and making better decisions [encore - 04.08.25]
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Dec 30, 2025 
Adam Grant, a renowned organizational psychologist and bestselling author, shares his expert insights on enhancing decision-making and fostering innovation. He discusses the concept of a 'challenge network' where trusted critics help highlight blind spots. Grant emphasizes the importance of premortems to foresee potential failures and advocates for the use of 'better practices' over traditional best practices. He also encourages leaders to ask more questions and support dissent, creating an environment ripe for creativity and improvement.
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Replace Best Practices With Better Practices
- 'Best practices' freeze the past and hinder adaptation in changing environments.
- Seek 'better practices' that invite experimentation and improvement instead of reverence for yesterday's solutions.
Score Forecasts And Monitor Disconfirming Signals
- Keep score of your forecasts and include calibration to measure confidence accuracy.
- After predicting, list conditions that would prove you wrong and monitor those signals to pivot faster.
Simone Biles Forecasting Example
- In a Good Judgment forecasting tournament, many predicted Simone Biles would win but some listed scenarios that would prove them wrong.
- Those who listed disconfirming possibilities caught early signs and adjusted forecasts when she withdrew.
