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Kim Scott

Author, Co-founderRadical Candor — Ex-Google, Apple

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Kim Scott built the Radical Candor framework after leading teams at Google and Apple and watching well-meaning managers default to silence. Her approach gives leaders a simple two-axis map for feedback, so praise and criticism both land as respect rather than attack. It has become one of the most widely adopted feedback vocabularies inside modern companies.

Ideas they're known for

  • Radical candor as the middle path between ruinous empathy and brutal honesty
  • Feedback given in the moment, in small doses
  • Managers judged on whether their people grow

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