What Adam Grant has said about Hybrid work

3 quotes · 1 episode · Apr 30, 2026

Adam Grant, American organizational psychologist, Wharton professor, and author, has been quoted on Hybrid work 3 times 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.

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Grant argues the evidence shows one to two remote days a week keeps people at least as productive, more satisfied, and more likely to stay.
“if you give people one to two days a week to work from anywhere, they are at least as productive, if not more so”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 3:28
Grant cites Bloom's finding that remote workers spend more than half of saved commuting time working.
“they save about an hour on average of commuting time And guess how much of that time they spend working? More than half of it”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 27:43
Grant says the data show workers most want flexibility over when and how much they work, not where.
“the flexibility people want most is not where they work. It's when and how much”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 32:20

What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong
The 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.