Have you ever been brutally honest with a coworker or an employee? Or do you tend to sugarcoat difficult conversations like a Starbucks Triple Caramel Frappuccino with whipped cream and sprinkles? For today’s episode we tackle the concepts of brutal honesty, radical transparency, and radical candor. We do a deep dive into what they really mean, where they came from, which leaders implement them “correctly”, and what type of outcome they lead to.

RESOURCES

Coinbase reportedly wants staff to rate each other using an app, adopting a controversial management principle called ‘radical transparency’ – Fortune.
The world's most successful hedge fund just made a big change — here's a look inside its unique culture
Bridgewater's Ray Dalio Spreads His Gospel of 'Radical Transparency' - The New York Times
RAY DALIO: It's 'Fantastic' When We Play Conversations We've Recorded Back To Our Employees
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/bridgewater-ranked-employees-by-performance-2018-3
Ray Dalio, head of the world's largest hedge fund, explains his succession plan for Bridgewater and how its 'radically transparent' culture is misunderstood
Youtube with Andrew Ross Sorkin
Radical Candor: Why brutal honesty is tech's hottest management trend
People Have Started Being Brutally Honest To Each Other At Work
https://www.radicalcandor.com/

HIGHLIGHTS

1:45 Introduction of Ray Dalio and Kim Scott
2:00 Brutal honesty and radical tramsparency
3:38 Four key BridgeWater & Associates principles
4:18 Principle #1
5:29 Principle #2
6:23 Principle #3
9:38 “Shit sandwich” definition
10:25 Principle #4
12:45 Meetings are taped
18:02 Kim Scott’s Radical Candor
18:57 The Sheryl Sandberg story
22:10 What happens if you avoid radical candor.
22:17 Obnoxious aggression
22:46 Manipulative insincerity
23:20 Ruinous empathy
26:32 Pushback on these theories

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