2023-03-13
36 分钟You know what they say about unsolicited advice (don’t give it!) but when it comes to SOLICITED feedback, author and executive coach Kim Scott says: bring it on. Kim believes that when it comes to improving your life at home, work, and anywhere in between, it helps to ask for – and provide – kind, but radical, candor. In this episode, Kim shares what she’s learned about embracing candidness and care in the workplace, gives tips on how to engage in constructive conversations, and opens up about the benefits of addressing bias in communication. Her latest book, "Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to Build a Kick-ass Culture of Inclusivity" is out now. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts
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You'Re listening to how to be a better human.
I'm your host, Chris Duffy.
Today's guest is Kim Scott.
Over the course of her career, Kim has worked at all sorts of big companies that you've heard of and had all these very fancy titles.
But all those impressive accomplishments, while wonderful, none of those were actually Kim's goal.
My whole business career was actually one giant ploy to subsidize my novel writing habit.
So I had written three novels, none of which got published.
The first novel is actually set in Russia, and it's called the measurement problem, and it's a lighthearted critique of capitalism.
It's about a young woman who moves to Moscow and falls in love with two people.
One is an american delivering humanitarian aid, and the other is a russian entrepreneur.
And I was talking actually to Andy Grove, who was the CEO of Intel, about sort of what I wanted to do with my life.
And he said, why don't you write about management?
A lot of the drama that is in a novel is in management.
And most people who are operating executives don't like to write, and most people who like to write have never been an operating executive, and you've done both.
So do it.
That was a big piece of feedback for Kim that changed the course of her career.
She ran with that idea so far that she became an expert in feedback herself and the best selling author of the books radical candor and just work.
When it comes to giving and receiving feedback, whether it's at work in your personal life or on creative projects, no one knows more than Kim.
I really believe that.