ReThinking: Matt Damon on solving one of the planet’s biggest problems, in partnership with Gary White

重新思考:马特·达蒙与加里·怀特携手解决地球最大问题之一

WorkLife with Adam Grant

2026-02-24

28 分钟
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Matt Damon is best known as the Hollywood icon from movies like Good Will Hunting and The Martian, but he has another passion offscreen: ensuring access to clean, safe water around the world. When he met social entrepreneur Gary White in 2008, they realized they could combine their efforts to reach more people and created water.org, which Gary leads as CEO. In this episode, Adam sits down with Matt and Gary at the World Economic Forum in Davos to talk about their innovative approach to problem-solving, handling rejection in high-stakes work environments, and Matt’s knack for forging strong partnerships. Adam also invites the two to office hours to tackle one of their ongoing challenges. Host & Guest Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant | LinkedIn: @adammgrant | Website: https://adamgrant.net/) Matt Damon (Website: https://water.org/about-us/founders-board-team/matt-damon/) Gary White (Website: https://water.org/about-us/founders-board-team/gary-white/) For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • How do you provide healthcare in a place with extreme physician shortages?

  • That's Dr.

  • Johannes Reich, who's the first in his community to become a doctor.

  • So that had the immediate effect on us.

  • Thousands of communities are not able to access basic health care services.

  • With his nonprofit community health care organization, Yo Care,

  • he's made heroic strides against great odds to empower the people of South Sudan to get access to integral medical care and take charge over their own health needs.

  • Learn more about Johannes and his breathtaking story in our most recent Fellow Fridays interview only on TED Talks Daily.

  • It's the worst career advice you've ever gotten.

  • Well, I don't know if it's the worst,

  • but I do love telling the story about my father reading the script of Good Will Hunting and telling me that the line,

  • how do you like them apples would never work.

  • He told me to take it out of the, take it out of the script.

  • Your father told you to cut the most iconic line of the movie?

  • Hey, he rest in peace.

  • And after the movie came out, he said, Matthew, don't ever give me a script to read again.

  • That was a great rethinking moment for him.

  • Yeah, yeah.

  • Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.

  • Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast with Ted on the science of what makes us tick.