Adam Grant: The Science of Strong Connections
Wharton psychologist Adam Grant discusses his new book Vibe — the science of human connection in an era defined by loneliness and fractured community.
Why we picked this
Grant's earlier books made organizational psychology legible to general readers without losing rigor — *Vibe* applies that same approach to the specific problem of loneliness, which is one of the more pressing questions of the current moment.
Adam Grant’s Think Again made a compelling case for intellectual humility. Give and Take mapped the dynamics of generosity and reciprocity in professional life. Originals examined how people with unconventional ideas actually bring them to life. Each book took a corner of organizational psychology and made it readable without flattening it — a harder skill than it sounds.
Vibe: The Secrets of Strong Connections in a Lonely World turns to the question of human connection itself. At a moment when loneliness has been declared a public health crisis and the social infrastructure of daily life has thinned in measurable ways, Grant asks what the research actually tells us about why some connections hold and others don’t — and what we can do about it.
As host of the WorkLife podcast and one of the most followed social scientists in the world, Grant brings both research depth and genuine accessibility to a City Arts stage.