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Adam Grant

Adam Grant

LinkedIn Content Strategy & Writing Style

Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of THINK AGAIN, host of the TED podcast Re:Thinking

United States
17 Viral ScoreView on LinkedIn

12 people tracking this creator on ViralBrain

Warm Analysis

Adam Grant positions himself as a research-backed public intellectual who translates organizational psychology into practical guidance for work, relationships, and personal growth. His content strategy blends promotion of his VIBE book and tour, audience participation through AMAs and reading recommendations, and accessible reflections on people-pleasing, accountability, gender-based harm, and patient advocacy. What distinguishes him is the breadth of his platform: he moves from Wharton research to cultural commentary and moral clarity without losing an empathetic tone. The result is a distinctive intersection of behavioral insight, personal vulnerability, and public advocacy, supported by books, podcasts, live events, and community engagement.

Performance Overview

Followers

5.6M

Connections

16.4K

Avg. Engagement

9.0K

Engagement Rate

Posts/Week

Viral Score

17

Posts Analyzed

31

Top Posts by Engagement

The reports about the events at Cornell—and the lack of accountability—are sickening. So is the victim blaming. Instead of telling girls and women to avoid harm, we should be raising boys and men not…

LinkedIn post image: The reports about the events at Cornell—and the lack of accountability—are sickening. So is the victim blaming. Instead
42.0K1.2K1.9K11 viral
14 days ago
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💚 this teacher encouraging parents to communicate “handle with care” when their kids could use extra support and understanding. Adults could benefit from it too! What if managers invited people to us…

LinkedIn post image: 💚 this teacher encouraging parents to communicate “handle with care” when their kids could use extra support and unders
36.1K8251.1K9 viral
Human Resources & Cultureabout 2 months ago
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Adam Grant LinkedIn post image
28.5K6141.9K8 viral
9 months ago
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Adam Grant LinkedIn post image
24.8K6702.2K8 viral
8 months ago
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Note to self—and anyone else who needs a reminder:

LinkedIn post image: Note to self—and anyone else who needs a reminder:
23.4K6141.9K7 viral
Personal Development5 months ago
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Adam Grant LinkedIn post image
22.3K5101.3K6 viral
8 months ago
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Posting Patterns & Frequency

0.0 posts/week

Posts / Week

31

Total Posts Analyzed

LOW

Posting Frequency

Timezone: UTC

Best Performing Days

MondayThursday

Best Performing Times To Post

Late evening UTC, especially around 22:00

Topics & Content Focus

Primary Topics

Public-facing psychology and personal growthGender-based harm, accountability, and social normsBook-led thought leadership and intellectual brand building

Secondary Themes

People-pleasing recovery and boundary formationCommunity interaction through live questions and AMAsAuthor events, reader acquisition, and audience activation

Industry Focus

Organizational psychology and behavioral scienceLeadership and workplace cultureNonfiction publishing and expert-led personal branding

Content Categories

Social commentaryVulnerable personal developmentBook and event promotionCommunity engagement

Performance Insights

0%

Avg Engagement Rate

STABLE

Performance Trend

Best Performing Topics

Social accountability and gender-based harmVulnerable personal growth and people-pleasing recovery

Virality Signals

Strong moral clarity on a socially charged issueHigh emotional salience and public relevanceShareable framing that challenges victim-blaming narrativesPersonal vulnerability that gives the audience an identifiable self-development entry pointComment prompts that invite participation, even when they do not maximize reach

Structure & Quality

0

Avg Length (Words)

HIGH

Depth Level

ADVANCED

Expertise Level

85/10

Uniqueness Score

Common Hooks

Direct moral positioning on a socially urgent issuePersonal admission framed as a lessonImmediate announcement or invitationOpen-ended prompt designed to elicit audience input

Common Endings

A direct link or event invitationA question requesting audience participationA values-based call for accountability and behavioral change

Value Delivery Methods

Translates psychological ideas into recognizable personal experiencesUses public commentary to reframe responsibility and social behaviorCombines intellectual authority with accessible emotional languageBuilds a coherent bridge between ideas, books, events, and community

Formatting Style

Plain-text, single-paragraph postsMinimal formattingConcise statements with links when conversion is the goalNo visible reliance on hashtags, emojis, or dense visual structure

Audience & Tone

YES

Question Usage

0%

Response Rate

Detected Tone

Relatable expertPsychologically literateValues-drivenVulnerable but authoritativeSmart-casual public intellectualsemi-formalfirst-person

Interaction Style

Invitational rather than instructionalEmotionally responsive around values and social justiceParticipatory through questions and AMA promptsConversion-oriented when promoting books or live events

Community Building Signals

Uses AMAs to create direct access to the creatorTurns book promotion into participation through giveaways and toursEncourages the audience to contribute questions and personal interpretationsCreates shared moral alignment around accountability and harm prevention

Writing Style Patterns

Content Strategy

Hook: Direct moral positioning on a socially urgent issueTone: semi-formalCTA: Transactional calls to enter, buy, or attend

Writing style breakdown

The complete reference post below is post index 7 from the supplied sample. It is reproduced as a full standalone post, not as an excerpt. Its structure demonstrates the author’s most developed layout: an immediate problem statement, a consequence-based sentence, one blank line, a responsibility-reframing paragraph, one blank line, and a standalone raw URL.

It also preserves the relevant casing and punctuation. The opening uses standard sentence case. The second paragraph begins with “It” after a paragraph break and therefore remains capitalized. The contraction “shouldn’t” is retained. The link occupies its own final paragraph without a label, bullet, emoji, or added punctuation.

This post demonstrates the author’s tendency to use direct second-person relevance without excessive intimacy. “It shouldn’t be your job to please your doctor” speaks to the reader personally, while “It’s your doctor’s responsibility to take care of you” supplies a concise corrective principle. The two sentences are parallel in structure, which creates emphasis without repetition of identical wording.

The post also demonstrates restrained emotional language. “Pain,” “difficult,” “poorer care,” and “greater risk” are concrete terms. The author does not add decorative adjectives or dramatic claims. The visual spacing gives the argument enough room to develop while remaining compact.

The raw URL is separated because the preceding text has enough substance to form a complete informational unit. This differs from shorter posts where the link remains inline after a colon. The complete reproduction follows.

<start of post>

Too many people feel pressure to downplay their pain to doctors. When patients are labeled as difficult, they get poorer care and face greater risk for medical errors.

It shouldn't be your job to please your doctor. It's your doctor's responsibility to take care of you.

https://lnkd.in/e8fMrMmA

<end of post>

1. OVERALL STYLE & VOICE
2. STRUCTURAL FLOW & LOGICAL PROGRESSION
3. SPACING, LINE BREAKS & VISUAL FLOW

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