Adam Galinsky
Adam Galinsky is a social psychologist, Columbia Business School professor, author and TED speaker who explores how people lead, negotiate and speak up.
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- Work
- Social psychologist, author and speaker
- Based at
- Columbia Business School
- Education
- Harvard B.A.; Princeton M.A. and Ph.D.
- Public reach
- How to Speak Up for Yourself, a TED talk watched more than 7.8 million times
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How it started.
Adam studied psychology at Harvard, graduating in 1991, then earned a social psychology Ph.D. at Princeton in 1999. After early research and teaching roles at Northwestern and Utah, Adam joined Columbia Business School in 2012.
Ideas beyond the classroom.
With Maurice Schweitzer, Adam wrote Friend & Foe in 2015, exploring how cooperation and competition coexist in our relationships. The 2016 TEDxNewYork talk How to Speak Up for Yourself brought practical advice about assertiveness and power to millions of viewers.
What Adam is exploring now.
Inspire, published in 2025, focuses on three ways people can elevate others: being a visionary, an exemplar and a mentor. Adam shares these ideas through writing, talks and podcast conversations, connecting research to everyday situations at work and at home.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2025Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and OthersAuthor
- 2015Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at BothCo-author with Maurice Schweitzer
Talks
- 2016How to Speak Up for YourselfTEDxNewYork speaker
Documentaries
- 2011Battle for BrooklynAssociate producer
Awards
Quotes
When we share credit, we actually elevate ourselves.Adam Galinsky, Mentally Stronger with Amy Morin
From the February 10, 2025 interview. Source: https://amymorinlcsw.com/podcast/185-the-science-of-being-inspirational-and-why-it-matters-with-dr-adam-galinsky/
Trivia
- Adam’s work also reaches documentary film: the CV lists an associate producer credit on Battle for Brooklyn.
- Adam calls one principle for simplifying ideas the “Inception Rule,” after the film.
- Adam’s stated personal values include generosity, courage and kaizen, or continued improvement.
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