What Adam Grant has said about Birth order
1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 30, 2026
Adam Grant, American organizational psychologist, Wharton professor, and author, has been quoted on Birth order once in 1 episode of The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant, most recently on April 30, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Grant says most birth-order theories fail empirically but careful studies support later-borns being more likely to take risks.
“there is convincing evidence that later-borns are more likely to take risks than first-borns”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 37:10
Episodes
What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets WrongThe Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant · Apr 30, 2026 · 50 min
Brené Brown and Adam Grant debate return-to-office policies, apply a systems-thinking iceberg to leaders' mental models, and answer listener questions on birth order and editing.
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