Adam Grant Explained

Adam Grant
Birth Date:	13 August 1981
Birth Place:	West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S.
Alma Mater:	Harvard College University of Michigan
Spouse:	Allison Grant
Children:	3
Years Active:	2007–present
Signature:	Adam Grant signature.svg

Adam M. Grant (born August 13, 1981) is an American popular science author, and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology.

Early life and education

Grant was born in the township of West Bloomfield, Michigan, on August 13, 1981, to a lawyer father and a teacher mother.^{[1] [2]} He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Grant participated in springboard diving and aspired to be a professional basketball player growing up.^[2] During high school, he was named an All-American in 1999 in diving.^[3]

He received a B.A. from Harvard College, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan in organizational psychology.^{[4] [5]} He worked as a professional magician during college.

Academic career

Before pursuing a career in academia, Grant was the advertising director at Let's Go Publications and a professional magician.^[6] Grant was hired by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to serve as an assistant professor of organizational behavior in 2007.^[7] After publishing a series of papers in academic journals, he was hired as an associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2009, becoming the school's youngest tenured professor at age 28.^{[8] [9]} He was ranked by students the best professor at the university from 2011 to 2017.^[10] In 2023, Grant was named by the Thinkers50 as the #2 most influential management thinkers in the world.^[11]

Business

Grant is the host of the WorkLife and ReThinking podcasts.^{[12] [13]}

In 2017 Grant co-founded (along with University of Michigan professor Wayne Baker and entrepreneur Cheryl Baker) Give and Take, Inc.,^[14] a company that makes a software called Givitas, a web-based SaaS platform designed to help organizations implement the principles from his book Give and Take.

Grant serves on the board of Lean In^[15] and chairs the Creative Advisory board of EXILE Content.^[16]

Personal life

While in graduate school, Grant married Allison; the couple have two daughters^[17] and a son.

Books

• Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success (Viking, 2013)
• Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Viking, 2016)
• Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. with Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf, 2017)
• Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (Penguin, 2021).
• Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things (Penguin, 2023).

Awards

• 2011 winner of the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology.^[18]
• 2015, named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.^[19]

External links

• • Rys, Richard (Spring 2016). "Adam Grant, Original". Wharton Magazine.
  • Adam Grant's Business Insider interview 2019
• Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Guest: Adam Grant. Full Episode. 7.22.22.

Notes and References

1. Web site: eStories. www.estories.com. en. August 30, 2017.
2. News: Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?. Dominus. Susan. March 27, 2013. The New York Times. March 12, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331.
3. Web site: 1999 Mens Public School All American Divers. USA Diving. July 12, 2017.
4. News: Adam Grant . Management Department. March 12, 2018. en-US.
5. Web site: Adam Grant . 2024-03-04 . Alumni Association of the University of Michigan . en-US.
6. Web site: 2013-11-11 . Adam Grant - Thinkers50 . 2022-12-12 . thinkers50.com . en-US.
7. Web site: Clayton . Mike . 2016-03-22 . Adam Grant: Natural Giver . 2024-03-04 . Management Pocketbooks . en-GB.
8. News: Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?. Dominus. Susan. March 27, 2013. The New York Times. April 2, 2013.
9. News: Are You A Complainer, Consumer Or Contributor?. Maurer. Tim. Forbes. March 12, 2018. en.
10. News: Why Wharton's No. 1 professor recommends keeping a resume of your failures. Clifford. Catherine. May 18, 2017. CNBC. March 12, 2018.
11. Web site: 2022-09-01 . Adam Grant - Thinkers50 . 2023-12-01 . thinkers50.com . en-US.
12. Web site: WorkLife with Adam Grant. itunes.apple.com. January 22, 2019.
13. Web site: ReThinking .
14. Web site: Givitas – Knowledge Collaboration Software – Give and Take. giveandtakeinc.com. January 22, 2019.
15. Web site: Lean In Founders & Advisory Board. leanin.org. March 19, 2019.
16. Web site: Ramos . Dino-Ray . Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal Join Exile's Creative Advisory Board With Chair Adam Grant . Deadline . October 2, 2019 . PMC . February 19, 2020.
17. Web site: Award Citation. American Psychologist. March 23, 2017.
18. Web site: APA PsycNet . 2024-03-04 . psycnet.apa.org . en.
19. News: Grant . Adam . 2017-11-04 . Opinion Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting? . 2024-03-04 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.