Adam Grant on post-pandemic WFH: CEOs still don’t get it

July 07, 2021

Adam Grant on Post-Pandemic WFH: CEOs Still Don’t Get It | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Where does US organizational psychologist Adam Grant stand on the raging debate on post-pandemic work from home? His message is clear: CEOs demanding everyone return to the office like COVID never happened simply don't get it. "Productivity is about the purpose and the process that you bring to your job (...) not about the place you happen to be doing it in." Catch his interview with Ian Bremmer on the Season 4 premiere of GZERO World, which begins airing on US public television Friday, July 9. Check local listings.

From Your Site Articles

Strategic abroad, shaky at home: Friedrich Merz’s first 100 days

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, gives a statement after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner, before a session of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 2024.

Reuters/Liesa Johannssen

Adam Grant on post-pandemic WFH: CEOs still don’t get it

GZEROMEDIA

More from GZERO Media

Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska to discuss Ukraine

In this episode of Ian Bremmer’s Quick Take, Ian discusses the upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska.

What We’re Watching: Trump to meet Putin in Alaska, Mali’s military arrests own soldiers, China arrests US-friendly diplomat

Hard Numbers: Colombian presidential candidate dies after June shooting, Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza, South Korean military dropoff, Chinese ship hits its own man

Graphic Truth: US government to get 15% of chip sales to China

In a first-of-its-kind deal, Nvidia and AMD will hand 15% of revenues from AI chip sales to China over to the US government in exchange for export licenses.

Strategic abroad, shaky at home: Friedrich Merz’s first 100 days

Friedrich Merz’s first 100 days as chancellor of Germany have marked an assertive shift in the country’s role on the European and global stage.

GZEROMEDIA

Feldman: Trump is using antisemitism to go after Harvard

Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman discusses rising antisemitism—and what he sees as the Trump administration’s weaponization of it to attack higher education.

As Trump pressures universities, what's really at stake?

As Trump targets elite universities with lawsuits and funding cut threats, Harvard law professor Noah Feldman warns that critical scientific research— not to mention the pursuit of truth itself—may be on the line.

Trump vs higher education, with Harvard's Noah Feldman

Harvard Law's Noah Feldman unpacks the Trump administration’s legal and political escalations with elite US universities.

Deadline for Putin

It has passed very strongly. #PUPPETREGIME

Iran’s next act?

Twelve days of war earlier this summer demonstrated that Iran has little capacity to defend its cities or its nuclear facilities from Israeli and US strikes. But it still likely retains some uranium supplies, so it has options.

Adam Grant on post-pandemic WFH: CEOs still don’t get it

GZEROMEDIA

Subscribe to GZERO Media's newsletter: Signal

More from GZERO Media

In this episode of Ian Bremmer’s Quick Take, Ian discusses the upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska.

In a first-of-its-kind deal, Nvidia and AMD will hand 15% of revenues from AI chip sales to China over to the US government in exchange for export licenses.

Friedrich Merz’s first 100 days as chancellor of Germany have marked an assertive shift in the country’s role on the European and global stage.

GZEROMEDIA

Subscribe to GZERO Media's newsletter: Signal

Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman discusses rising antisemitism—and what he sees as the Trump administration’s weaponization of it to attack higher education.

As Trump targets elite universities with lawsuits and funding cut threats, Harvard law professor Noah Feldman warns that critical scientific research— not to mention the pursuit of truth itself—may be on the line.

Harvard Law's Noah Feldman unpacks the Trump administration’s legal and political escalations with elite US universities.

It has passed very strongly. #PUPPETREGIME

Twelve days of war earlier this summer demonstrated that Iran has little capacity to defend its cities or its nuclear facilities from Israeli and US strikes. But it still likely retains some uranium supplies, so it has options.