What Adam Grant has said about Weak ties and creativity

2 quotes · 1 episode · Apr 30, 2026

Adam Grant, American organizational psychologist, Wharton professor, and author, has been quoted on Weak ties and creativity 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.

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Grant contends unstructured weak-tie interaction can be structured remotely, citing research on random virtual lunches boosting productivity.
“there's no reason why you can't structure that unstructured interaction in remote work”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 11:08
Grant cites research that since around 2010 remote science teams have out-innovated co-located teams, partly due to access to global talent.
“around 2010, that reversed. And ever since, remote teams have massively out-innovated. teams that are in person”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 10:39

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.