What Adam Grant has said about Return to office

2 quotes · 1 episode · Apr 30, 2026

Adam Grant, American organizational psychologist, Wharton professor, and author, has been quoted on Return to office 2 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.

In their words

Grant says he favors three or four in-office days for relationships, culture, and mission but considers five-day mandates arbitrary.
“I don't think we need to impose that five days a week”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 15:29
Grant cites a 2024 Ding and Ma paper finding return-to-office mandates failed to improve financial performance while reducing satisfaction and work-life balance.
“they fail to improve firm financial performance metrics, but they reduce satisfaction and work-life balance”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 16:56

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.