What Brené Brown has said about Return to office
1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 30, 2026
Brené Brown, American research professor and author on vulnerability, shame, and courage, has been quoted on Return to office 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
Brown argues leaders who mandate office attendance must explain the underlying mental model or risk losing top talent.
“If you believe it enough to mandate it, then you should have the discipline to get under the mental model and walk people through it”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 26:03
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.
Others on Return to office
- Adam Grant · 2 quotes
- Peter Sagal · 1 quote
Brené Brown on other topics
- Shame resilience · 3 quotes
- Humiliation · 3 quotes
- Shame · 3 quotes
- Marriage and long-term partnership · 3 quotes
- Workplace shame · 2 quotes
- Podcast editing and authenticity · 1 quote
- Birth order · 1 quote
- Mental models · 1 quote