NEW PRINT RELEASE 2024
Tribal
Countries, churches, political parties, and companies are tribes, and tribal instincts explain our loyalties to them and the hidden ways that they affect our thoughts, actions, and identities. Rather than deriding tribal impulses for their irrationality, we can recognize them as powerful levers that elevate performance, heal rifts, and set off shockwaves of cultural change.
Awards and Recognitions
FT / Schroders Business Book of the Year, Finalist
Porchlight Business Book Awards, 2024 Longlist
The Week: Best Books about Money and Business, 2024
Non-Obvious Book Award 2024 Longlist
Zócalo Book Prize,
2025 Finalist
Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Books of 2024
Grant.com: The 12 Books to Fire Up Your Brain
The Next Big Idea Club's Season 25 Finalists
October 2024 Must Read and as Book of the Day
Daniel Gilbert: "Penetrating, illuminating, and not to be missed!”
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Adam Grant: "A riveting read that will challenge you to rethink your core beliefs.”
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Daniel Gilbert: "Penetrating, illuminating, and not to be missed!” 〰️ Adam Grant: "A riveting read that will challenge you to rethink your core beliefs.” 〰️
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Ours is the only species that lives in tribes: groups glued together by their distinctive cultures that can grow to a scale far beyond clans and bands. Morris argues that our psychology is wired by evolution in three distinctive ways. These tribal instincts enable us to share knowledge and goals and work as a team to transmit the accumulated pool of cultural knowledge onward to the next generation.
Weaving together deep research, current and historical events, and stories from business and politics, Morris cuts across conventional wisdom to completely reframe how we think about our tribes. Bracing and hopeful, Tribal unlocks the deepest secrets of our psychology and gives us the tools to manage our misunderstood superpower.
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“Human nature is nurture. We are the species wired to encode and enact the ways of the communities we live in, whatever they may be.”
Michael Morris, Professor at Columbia University
Michael is a behavioral scientist who studies cultural influences on thinking and performance. He authored the award-winning book TRIBAL and frequently appears in media interviews about cultural change, politics, and leadership.
Michael joins the Armchair Expert’s Dax Shephard in conversation,
Michael joins Russ Roberts of EconTalk for discussion.
10% Happier Podcast with Dan Harris (audio only).
Speaking
Michael delivers keynote speeches and interactive presentations to many kinds of organizations.
Teaching
Michael teaches in executive education, MBA, PhD, and undergraduate programs.
Consulting
Michael helps many kinds of organizations in training leaders, formulating policies, and conducting research.