Dan Pink, bestselling author, with Derek Thompson

In The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, Dan Pink, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive and To Sell is Human, draws on research to reveal the transformative power of our most misunderstood emotion and shares how regret can help us make smarter decisions, perform better at work and school, and deepen our sense of meaning and purpose. In conversation with Derek Thompson, a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he write the “Work in Progress” newsletter, host of the weekly news podcast “Plain English,” and author of Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction.

This program was held on February 1, 2022. 

Please be advised that the audience Q&A portion of this conversation contains a question about sexual abuse (at the 59 minute mark) that may be upsetting to some listeners.