How Having a Rival Improves Performance
How Having a Rival Improves Performance  
Podcast: HBR IdeaCast
Published On: Tue May 14 2019
Description: Adam Grant, organizational psychologist at The Wharton School, argues that individuals and companies alike can benefit from having rivals. He has studied sports and business rivalries and believes they often add up to more than just zero-sum competition. Grant explains how we can perform and even feel better by taking the risk of treating our rivals more like competitive friends.