Kim Scott is a a leadership thinker and former Silicon Valley executive whose career spans Google, Apple, and advising CEOs—she is the author of the global bestseller Radical Candor, which introduced a widely adopted framework for giving feedback that “cares personally while challenging directly,” along with Just Work and Radical Respect, extending her work into building more equitable workplaces. Kim co-founded Radical Candor, a global training company that has helped hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of leaders build stronger, more honest cultures. Her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Kim and Brian sat down together and discussed why we need to have more real human conversations in the era of AI, the fact that human communication is how we build relationships, and why we need to practice important conversations. Kim shared her advice for leaders on how to talk about the current economic and geopolitical climate, why we need to talk to people we disagree with, how she solved for the future of radical candor in organizations, how she would facilitate conversation between two fiercely disagreeing leaders, and so much more.

Content warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault.

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Natalie Nixon is a global authority on creativity with a background in anthropology, fashion, academia, and a lifelong dancer—she has published 2 bestselling books on Creativity and the future of work: The Creativity Leap and Move. Think. Rest. Natalie was shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Talent Award, selected for the Thinkers50 Radar class of 2024, and her work has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc. Magazine.

Natalie and Brian sat down together and discussed creativity in the era of AI and why it is essential for leaders to practice the discipline of creativity and how creativity contributes to the top and bottom line. They talked about a technique called doodle sprints, spending time developing wonder as well as rigor, how we're in the middle of an imagination era, a new category of activities called "key performance experiences," how she would coach a group of leaders on a business version of a baking show who were skeptical about the importance of creativity and whether they were even capable of being creative, and so much more.

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📖 The Creativity Leap - https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Leap-2nd-Curiosity-Improvisation/dp/B0FN3F19SR

📙 Move. Think. Rest. - https://www.amazon.com/Move-Think-Rest-Productivity-Relationship/dp/0306835584

Website - https://www.figure8thinking.com/

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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is an international authority on people analytics, talent management, leadership development, and the human-AI interface. He has published 10 books and over 200 scientific papers, making him one of the most prolific social scientists of his generation. Tomas has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 50 management thinkers in the world and is the Chief Science Officer at Russell Reynolds Associates.

Tomas and Brian discuss social dynamics in the era of AI, how AI is forcing us to be more human, why you shouldn't bring your whole self to work, and his perspective on AI as a social scientist. We talked about how GenAI is a microwave for ideas, how to tell people what they need to hear instead of what they want to hear without breaking their trust, how he would navigate a reality TV show with incompetent men, and so much more.

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Martin Lindstrom is a leading authority on branding and consumer psychology. He is a bestselling author and global advisor to Fortune 500 companies, known for his pioneering work on neuromarketing and his ability to uncover the hidden drivers behind why consumers think, feel, and buy the way they do. Martin has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 50 management thinkers in the world and is the host of the popular NEWSWEEK show "Why Do We...?"

Martin and Brian discuss culture and branding in the era of AI, how generational ideas around work are colliding with AI and all its hype, how 65% of the work done in organizations today is bureaucratic, and how most business leaders today have no idea what AI really is. We discussed the process leaders can take to "predict five minutes ahead", what Martin would do if he were named CMO of one of the top AI companies, and so much more.

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Alexander Osterwalder is the leading authority on business model innovation. He is the creator of the Business Model Canvas, a globally adopted framework for building and scaling organizations, and the founder of Strategyzer. Alexander has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 10 management thinkers in the world, and is known for simplifying the strategy development process and turning complex concepts into digestible visual models.

Alexander and Brian discuss how business plans are the death penalty of innovation, the role of vision in an organization, how leaders should approach bottom-up and top-down innovation, how companies often invest in technology & science R&D, but rarely business R&D, how Alexander would structure a company for the era of AI, which major global issue he would solve if he could freeze time, and so much more.

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Whitney Johnson is the leading authority on disruption with nearly 2 million followers across social media. She's the CEO of Disruption Advisors, and former cofounder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen. Whitney has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 10 management thinkers in the world, and her podcast "Disrupt Yourself" has ranked in the top .5% of listenership of all podcasts.

Whitney and Brian discuss disruption and when we'll be able to accurately say that AI has disrupted this or that industry, how Whitney met the legendary Clayton Christensen and left her job as an award-winning Wall Street analyst to co-found the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Christensen, how growth is a dopamine management exercise, how she would disrupt the AI industry if gifted a check for $100 billion, and so much more.

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Podcast - https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/podcast

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Rita McGrath is one of the world's foremost experts on strategy & innovation, she's a strategy professor at Columbia Business School, and a longtime member of the Thinkers50 list, where she has consistently ranked among the top 10 management thinkers in the world.

Rita and Brian discuss how to think about the term AI Strategy and the term strategy itself, systems thinking, the history of disruption, her upcoming book, and the great modern tragedy of management thinking and academia. Rita and Brian also discuss whether we still have visionary leaders (and how to cultivate a more visionary mindset), how Rita would help one of the top AI companies win if given full rein, how she would reinvent Hollywood if she were named CEO of a major studio, and more.

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