Recode Decode: Adam Grant

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Organizational psychologist Adam Grant, the author of "Originals" and host of the podcast "WorkLife," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the benefits of working from home, and how work will change during the COVID-19 quarantine — and after. Grant also discusses burnout, loneliness, collaboration, procrastination, and why employees don’t need to be micromanaged. Plus: Has online communication made us worse at trusting each other? Featuring: Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant), host of WorkLife and professor at University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: On Reset, Arielle Duhaime-Ross explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. On Recode Media, Peter Kafka interviews business titans, journalists, comedians and podcasters about the collision of tech and media. On Pivot, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about the big tech news stories of the week, who's winning, who's failing, and what comes next. And on Land of the Giants, Jason Del Rey chronicled the rise of Amazon. Season 2 will focus on Netflix and is coming soon! About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode and @voxdotcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gideon Litchfield, I'm the editor-in-chief of Oired.
0:02.6	And I'm Lauren Good, I'm a senior writer at Wired.
0:05.2	We're making a new show.
0:06.5	Have a nice future.
0:09.0	I'm more have a nice future, question mark.
0:12.5	It's a show that is honest about how unsettling the future can be.
0:16.9	We're going to be bringing on the people shaping this future.
0:20.6	We're going to ask them about the big challenges we face, about the challenges they're creating,
0:24.9	and how they deal with living in perpetual uncertainty as we all do.
0:29.2	So make sure you follow Have a Nice Future, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-in-Large of Recode.
0:38.2	You may know me as someone whose idea of working from home is showing up at the homes of famous people
0:42.4	and not leaving until they agree to an interview.
0:44.6	But in my spare time, I'm just a reporter and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:47.8	a podcast about power change, and the people you need to know were part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:53.4	Today, joining us from Philadelphia is Adam Grant, a professor of psychology and management
0:57.9	at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
1:00.8	He's the author of several bestselling books, including Originals and Give and Take,
1:05.1	and the audio book Power Moves, Lessons from Davos.
1:08.3	He's also the host of a podcast, Work Life with Adam Grant,
1:11.4	which recently started a new season, and he's been on the show before,
1:14.4	hugely popular with the people who listened to Recode Decode.
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