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Radical Candor: Communication at Work

Radical Candor: Communication at Work

De : Kim Scott Jason Rosoff & Amy Sandler
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Ready to love your job, crush your career goals, and become the kind of leader everyone actually wants to work with? Welcome to the Radical Candor podcast, where you'll learn how to kick ass at work without losing your humanity. Host Amy Sandler and Radical Candor co-founders Kim Scott and Jason Rosoff to break down how you can Care Personally and Challenge Directly — the deceptively simple but powerful formula for building stronger teams, giving (and getting) better feedback, and leading with heart and clarity. Each episode is packed with real talk, relatable stories, and actionable tips to help you do the best work of your life while building the best relationships of your career. Whether you’re a manager, a team player, or dreaming bigger for your future, this is the podcast that will change how you show up at work — and in life. P.S. Don’t forget to check out Kim Scott’s New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity! Want even more Radical Candor? Join the Radical Candor Community — free forever.Copyright Radical Candor 2025 Economie Relations Réussite personnelle Sciences sociales
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  • Get Situated for Success (with Angela Duckworth)

    Get Situated for Success (with Angela Duckworth)
    Sep 1 2026
    While the podcast team is taking a Radical Sabbatical, Kim is interviewing authors of the books that have had a big impact on her in the past two years. In this episode, Kim Scott speaks with Angela Duckworth. Her first book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, is a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her second book is Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best. In this conversation, Kim interviews Angela about her new book, 'Situated.' They explore a deceptively simple three-box model that explains all of human behavior. Angela emphasizes the power of environment in shaping our thoughts and leading us to–or away from–the results we want. She and Kim discuss the limitations of willpower. Angela describes the two key ingredients of a good situation: challenge and support. Kim and Angela explore why it is important to seek managers and peers who both challenge and support us. They discuss the importance of feedback and why Ruinous Empathy is so damaging to both personal and professional growth. If you’re looking for one thing you can control to get better situated, Angela shares some practical advice on curating your personal space to foster positive habits and growth. Guest Background: Prof. Angela Duckworth, PhD, is the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative. Prior to her career in research, Angela founded an academic enrichment program for low-income children that was profiled as a Harvard Kennedy School case study and today serves hundreds of students each year. She has also been a McKinsey management consultant and a math and science teacher at public schools in New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Angela co-founded Character Lab, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing scientific insights that help children thrive. Angela completed her undergraduate degree in Advanced Studies Neurobiology at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude. With the support of a Marshall Scholarship, she completed an MSc with Distinction in Neuroscience from Oxford University. She completed her PhD in Psychology as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela's TED talk is among the most viewed of all time. CHAPTERS (00:00) Introduction to Radical Sabbatical and Angela Duckworth's New Book (03:23) The Snorkeling Incident: A Metaphor for Situational Awareness (05:58) Finding Your Best Situations: The Power of Environment (08:31) The Three Boxes Model: Understanding Behavior and Thoughts (11:13) The Role of Situations in Shaping Our Thoughts (14:16) Changing Your Situation vs. Changing Your Thoughts (17:10) The Limitations of Willpower and Self-Control (20:13) The Quest for Control: Understanding Human Nature (23:15) Creating Supportive and Challenging Situations (27:11) Understanding Radical Candor (32:56) Navigating Ruinous Empathy (33:19) The Dilemma of Short-Term Comfort vs Long-Term Growth (34:30) Feeding the Good Wolf: A Metaphor for Growth (36:40) Economic Disparities and Their Impact (39:23) Agency and the Power of Choice (43:09) Curating Your Personal Space for Better Outcomes Connect with the Radical Candor team: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 min
  • Revolutionizing Meetings: From Sabotage to Strategy (with Rebecca Hinds)

    Revolutionizing Meetings: From Sabotage to Strategy (with Rebecca Hinds)
    Aug 18 2026
    While the podcast team is taking a Radical Sabbatical, Kim is interviewing authors of the books that have had a big impact on her in the past two years. In this episode, Kim speaks with Rebecca Hinds, the author of Your Best Meeting Ever: 7 Principles for Designing Meetings That Get Things Done. They explore the evolution of meetings from wartime sabotage tools to the challenges and strategies for improving meetings in today's technology-driven workplace. They discuss the increasing time spent in meetings, especially post-pandemic, and present seven solutions to eliminate unnecessary meetings and to redesign the necessary ones. They discuss the impact of distractions, the importance of effective meeting structures, and the need for a culture that encourages open disagreement. The conversation also highlights the significance of asynchronous communication, preparation, and technology's role in enhancing collaboration. Ultimately, they emphasize the need for meetings to be engaging and aligned with natural rhythms to foster productivity and creativity. Guest Background: Rebecca Hinds, PhD, is the author of Your Best Meeting Ever: 7 Principles for Designing Meetings That Get Things Done. She is a leading expert on organizational behavior and the future of work. For more than 15 years, she has helped organizations rethink how work gets done, challenging outdated management playbooks and offering leaders a more ambitious and more human vision for the future. Rebecca has founded and led two first-of-their-kind research institutes dedicated to reinventing work. In 2022, she launched the Work Innovation Lab at Asana, building it into an influential source of practical workplace research. In 2025, she founded the Work AI Institute at Glean to help organizations navigate the next transformation of work. CHAPTERS (00:00) The Origins of Meetings as Sabotage Tools (02:45) The Evolution of Meeting Culture (05:14) Radical Meeting Solutions (08:20) Measuring Meeting Effectiveness (11:05) The Minimalism Approach to Meetings (14:06) Optimizing Meeting Flow and Communication (16:56) The Role of Tools in Meeting Efficiency (23:40) Managing Distractions in a Tech-Heavy World (25:58) The Importance of Effective Meetings (28:58) Creating a Culture of Open Disagreement (29:49) Building Strong Asynchronous Communication (32:01) The Role of Preparation in Meetings (36:51) Designing Engaging Meetings (38:47) Timing and Rhythm in Meetings (41:31) Leveraging Technology for Better Meetings Connect with the Radical Candor team: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ Keywords meetings, productivity, communication, meeting culture, meeting effectiveness, meeting solutions, meeting minimalism, meeting flow, tools for meetings, workplace efficiency distractions, technology, meetings, asynchronous communication, open disagreement, engagement, timing, productivity, collaboration, AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 min
  • Why some leaders are incorruptible, many get corrupted by power/money (with Rob Lalka)

    Why some leaders are incorruptible, many get corrupted by power/money (with Rob Lalka)
    Aug 4 2026
    While the podcast team is taking a Radical Sabbatical, Kim is interviewing authors of the books that have had a big impact on her in the past two years. In this episode, Kim speaks with Rob Lalka, the author of The Venture Alchemists - How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power. In this episode of Radical Sabbatical, Kim sits down with Rob Lalka, author of Venture Alchemist, to study what the founders of Facebook, Google, and the “PayPal Mafia” were saying and writing before anyone was paying attention to them. They explore what separates the leaders who stayed grounded from the ones who didn't. They ask a hard question: does it matter if a leader got corrupted by too much money and power or if they started out bad to the bone? Every leader (indeed, every one of us) has good and bad inside. The one that wins is usually the one that gets fed. The question is whether the venture capital model feeds the good — or does it feed the bad, setting founders up to be corrupted by their own success? Kim and Rob explore the contrasting origins of major tech companies like Facebook and Google. They discuss the implications of Mark Zuckerberg's early actions (for example, an IM while in college with a friend who asked him how he got access to people’s personal information and he replied “they trusted me, the dumb f–ks;”). What does it mean that Google’s founders started out thinking Google would have to be a non-profit so that advertising wouldn’t bias information but wound up selling trillions of ads? The conversation also delves into the impact of the PayPal Mafia and the controversial book by Thiel and Sachs, The Diversity Myth. Rob discusses the complexities of free speech and the implications of outlier behavior. He emphasizes the importance of moral leadership in corporate culture and critiques the philosophical influences of figures like Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman on business ethics. Rob expresses hope for the future, particularly through the potential of his students to create positive change in society. Books & Articles mention by Rob: George Packer - article in The Atlantic - The Venture-Capital Populist https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/david-sacks-crypto-ai-venture-capital/686941/ Max Chafkin - The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and the Rise of the Silicon Valley Oligarchs https://elmstreetbooks.com/book/9781984878557 Jimi Soni - The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501197266?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback Guest Background: Rob Lalka is the author of The Venture Alchemists - How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power. He is also the Albert R. Lepage Professor in Business and executive director of the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane University. He is on the board of directors of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Public Democracy, Inc., and Venture For America in New Orleans. Previously, he served on the U.S. Secretary of State’s policy planning staff and in the State Department’s Office of Global Partnerships, was a director at Village Capital, and was a senior advisor at the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. CHAPTERS (00:40) Introduction to Alchemy and Venture Capital (03:04) The Power Dynamics in Business Models (05:33) Zuckerberg's Origin Story and Its Implications (07:40) The Contrast with Google's Founding Philosophy (09:47) The Role of Advertising in Business Models (12:43) The Historical Context of Business Practices (14:59) The Golden Spike and Economic Inequality (14:59) The Impact of the PayPal Mafia and Diversity Myth (22:00) The Controversy of Free Speech and Homophobia (25:07) Outlier Behavior and Its Implications (28:03) The Rape Issue and Its Consequences (30:27) Moral Leadership and Corporate Culture (33:08) Philosophical Influences on Business Ethics (40:30) Hope for the Future and the Role of Education Connect with the Radical Candor team: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ Keywords venture capital, alchemy, business models, Zuckerberg, Google, advertising, economic inequality, PayPal Mafia, diversity myth, entrepreneurship free speech, outlier behavior, corporate culture, moral leadership, business ethics, philosophy, education, AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 min
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