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Hug The Elephant: How the SVP of Engineering at Slack Approaches Communication (with Rukmini Reddy, SVP of Engineering, Platform at Slack)

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The Importance of Humping Your Own Elephant

Sally Kohn: I love this concept, just a phrase, hugging your own elephant. And you said at Slack, you don't point out because we all talk about, let's point to the elephant in the room. But what is the intent behind the phrase hugging versus pointing? She says it's more like there's a really difficult conversation nobody wants to have.Kohn: It's one of these things that sometimes when you have the right language, it enables so much trust building and ways of working.

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