Adam M. Grant (born August 13, 1981) is an American popular science author, and professor at the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
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specializing in
organizational psychology
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.
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.
He grew up in the suburbs of
Detroit, Michigan
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. Grant participated in
springboard
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diving
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* Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water
* Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes
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and aspired to be a professional basketball player growing up.
During high school, he was named an
All-America
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n in 1999 in diving.
He received a B.A. from
Harvard College
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, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Michigan
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in organizational psychology. He worked as a professional
magic
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ian during college.
Academic career
Before pursuing a career in academia Grant was the advertising director at Let’s Go Publications and a professional magician. Grant was hired by the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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to serve as an assistant professor of organizational behavior in 2007. 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
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in 2009, becoming the school's youngest
tenured professor at age 28. He was ranked by students the best professor at the university from 2011 to 2017.
Business
Grant is the host of the ''WorkLife'' podcast.
In 2017 Grant co-founded (along with University of Michigan professor
Wayne Baker and entrepreneur Cheryl Baker) Give and Take, Inc., 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
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and chairs the Creative Advisory board of
EXILE Content.
Personal life
While in graduate school, Grant married his wife Allison; the couple have two daughters
and a son.
Books
* ''Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success'' (2013)
* ''Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World'' (2016)
* ''Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy.'' (2017; with Sheryl Sandberg)
* ''Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know'' (2021).
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preview.
References
External links
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* Rys, Richard (Spring 2016)
"Adam Grant, Original" ''Wharton Magazine''.
*
* Adam Grant's ''
Business Insider
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'
interview 2019Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Guest: Adam Grant. Full Episode. 7.22.22.
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1981 births
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
Academics from Michigan
American business writers
American male non-fiction writers
American podcasters
American psychologists
Harvard College alumni
Living people
People from West Bloomfield, Michigan
Organizational psychologists
University of Michigan alumni
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania faculty
Writers from Michigan
Writers from Philadelphia