How to sustain a vibe with Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

To celebrate the launch of his new book, Vibe, Adam is doing a special series on how to build strong connections. First up are Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history, who teamed up before they were ten and won three golds and two silvers over 22 years together. In this episode, Tessa and Scott share how stark differences in their personalities helped and hindered their work together, demonstrate how they learned to have difficult conversations, and explain why you don’t need to be alike to be aligned around a common goal. Adam introduces the three different wavelengths people can connect on, and explores how Tessa and Scott’s vibe evolved to support their success over time. To preorder Vibe, join Adam on tour, and take a quiz about how you connect, visit www.adamgrant.net/vibe. And for more from Tessa, check out her new podcast Virtuoso: https://www.instagram.com/tessavirtue17/?hl=en Follow our podcasts! ReThinking with Adam Grant: https://link.mgln.ai/kdYcyx The TED Podcasts is a collection of podcasts for the curious. The TED Podcasts videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.

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EPISODE INFO

Released: October 8, 2026
Duration: 42m
Channel: Re:Thinking with Adam Grant
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

To celebrate the launch of his new book, Vibe, Adam is doing a special series on how to build strong connections. First up are Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history, who teamed up before they were ten and won three golds and two silvers over 22 years together. In this episode, Tessa and Scott share how stark differences in their personalities helped and hindered their work together, demonstrate how they learned to have difficult conversations, and explain why you don’t need to be alike to be aligned around a common goal. Adam introduces the three different wavelengths people can connect on, and explores how Tessa and Scott’s vibe evolved to support their success over time. To preorder Vibe, join Adam on tour, and take a quiz about how you connect, visit www.adamgrant.net/vibe. And for more from Tessa, check out her new podcast Virtuoso: https://www.instagram.com/tessavirtue17/?hl=en Follow our podcasts! ReThinking with Adam Grant: https://link.mgln.ai/kdYcyx The TED Podcasts is a collection of podcasts for the curious. The TED Podcasts videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.

SPEAKERS

Tessa Virtue
guest
Canadian Olympic champion ice dancer, known for her long-running partnership with Scott Moir.
Adam Grant
host
Organizational psychologist, author, and host of the podcast Re:Thinking with Adam Grant.
Scott Moir
guest
Canadian Olympic champion ice dancer, known for his partnership with Tessa Virtue.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, featuring Tessa Virtue and Adam Grant, How to sustain a vibe with Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir explores olympic champions reveal how to sustain partnership “vibe” over decades Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir explain how a long-running elite partnership succeeded by allowing continual evolution rather than enforcing fixed rules for decades.

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