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WorkLife with Adam Grant · May 26, 2026 · 39m 29s

What to do when your industry keeps changing with Manoush Zomorodi

Adam Grant, Manoush Zomorodi
Show Notes

Journalist and TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi discusses how to stay adaptable as industries transform. Drawing from her career navigating shifts in media technology—from broadcast radio to digital production to blockchain—she reflects on what it takes to remain relevant when the ground keeps shifting beneath you.

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Curious

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Industry Disruption as Opportunity for Reinvention
Rather than view industry disruption as pure threat, Zomorodi frames it as an opportunity to reinvent her career and explore new creative formats that wouldn't have existed in the old paradigm.
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Highlights

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The Transition Cost of New Media Technology
Moving between media formats (radio to digital to blockchain) requires relearning how to tell stories and build audiences from scratch each time, even for experienced professionals.
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Editorial

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Adaptability as Career Capital
The ability to adjust to industry-wide disruption is increasingly valuable as a career skill, more durable than expertise in any single unchanging technology or format.
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The Invisibility of Disruption in Progress
It's hard to recognize that your industry is transforming while it's happening; disruption feels like isolated problems rather than a systemic shift until it's already reshaping everything.
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Curiosity and Experimentation as Disruption Strategy
When industries keep changing, the career advantage goes to people who treat emerging technologies and formats as interesting puzzles to explore rather than threats to resist.
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References

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Body Electric — Manoush Zomorodi — Her book, mentioned in episode

Misc

✧Manoush has worked across multiple media formats: broadcast radio, digital platforms, and blockchain-based production
✧Her career path mirrors the broader disruption happening across industries
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