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Anand Giridharadas

Anand Giridharadas helps organizations bridge division and drive change through persuasion, coalition building, and democratic leadership. He works with Fortune 500 companies and global institutions, delivering insights from bestselling books, TED talks, and his role as former New York Times columnist and MSNBC analyst.
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  • Bestselling author of Winners Take All
  • Political analyst and MSNBC contributor
  • Expert on persuasion and building solidarity
Anand Giridharadas is a bestselling author and political analyst who investigates how people change their minds, build solidarity, and fight for democracy in an age of division. He is the author of three books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Persuaders and Winners Take All. A former New York Times columnist and regular MSNBC analyst, he has keynoted the Obama Foundation Summit and spoken twice on the TED Mainstage. Brené Brown called The Persuaders something that "makes me think in a completely new way." Anand's research into how movements and individuals actually change minds translates directly into practical strategy for any audience. His work draws on activists, organizers, and scientists to reveal why conventional approaches to persuasion fail and what works instead. He shows how the same techniques that shift political debates apply equally to workplaces, campuses, and communities trying to overcome internal divisions. Audiences leave his sessions with a concrete framework for persuading without alienating, including how to displace rather than replace others' ideas, how to identify who can be won over and who cannot, and how to use language with greater precision to build coalitions. These strategies are grounded in documented cases of real movements that succeeded against long odds. Book Anand to give your audience both the hope and the tools to bring people together and drive meaningful change.

Why we recommend booking Anand

Giridharadas brings documented frameworks from successful movements that translate directly into workplace strategy for building coalitions and shifting entrenched positions without creating backlash. His research reveals which persuasion tactics actually work when teams face internal division or need to move stakeholders who seem unmovable.

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