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Kim Scott

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Author of Radical Candor & Radical Respect.

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  • Google Whisk: Generate images using images as prompts, not text prompts | Product Hunt

    2 days ago | producthunt.com | Kim Scott

    Hi everyone!It's interesting to see how AI is evolving. While the raw capabilities and voice quality of AI are advancing incredibly fast, real-world value often comes down to something more fundamental: trust. We might believe an AI is capable, but we tend to place our trust in the experience and authority of proven human experts. A new experiment from Google Labs called Portraits builds on this exact concept.

  • Why I Stopped Calling People Difficult - and What I Do Instead

    1 week ago | kimmalonescott.medium.com | Kim Scott

    Welcome to the 100th edition of this newsletter! If you want to get more info, tips, and advice from the Radical Candor and Radical Respect teams, subscribe to our email newsletter at RadicalCandor.com/News. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my career — and one of the most common has been jumping to conclusions about other people’s intentions. It’s so tempting, when someone does something frustrating, to label them.

  • Why People Really Quit - And How Great Managers Make Them Want to Stay

    2 weeks ago | kimmalonescott.medium.com | Kim Scott

    From micromanaging to missing-in-action: How to become a thought partner your team actually wants to work withYou may have heard the saying: people don’t leave their jobs, they leave their managers. More specifically, they leave micromanagers and absentee managers. At Radical Candor, we call the practice of managers who have low, almost non-existent involvement in their team’s work absentee management.

  • When Praise Becomes a Problem: Spotting Manipulative Insincerity in People and AI

    3 weeks ago | kimmalonescott.medium.com | Kim Scott

    I once gave a pitch to a venture capitalist — let’s call him Billy — that went horribly wrong. I only got through about half of my presentation because Billy asked about a competitor I’d never even heard of. I got so flustered that I became totally incoherent for most of the rest of the meeting. The next day, Billy called me up and said how much he’d enjoyed the meeting. “Really?” I blurted out.

  • The Radical Candor Guide to Leading Through Uncertainty

    1 month ago | kimmalonescott.medium.com | Kim Scott

    Leaders are facing one of the most challenging environments in recent memory — navigating tariff shocks, inflation pressures, and the lingering effects of an uncertain economy. In times like these, it’s tempting to default to silence or sugarcoat hard truths. Economic pressure often brings out the worst in leadership. It’s tempting to retreat into a mode where you say what’s easiest, not what’s truest.

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Kim Scott @kimballscott
26 May 25

RT @CoachingPD: Introducing our 4th #TLC2025 keynote speaker: Kim Scott! @kimballscott is an author & co-founder of Radical Candor +former…

Kim Scott
Kim Scott @kimballscott
13 Mar 25

Meta is weaponizing the legal system to prevent an author from publicizing her book. I am going to buy 100 copies of it. I recommend you buy as many copies as you can. https://t.co/qLNjGPfRiD

Kim Scott
Kim Scott @kimballscott
11 Mar 25

RT @frontlinekit: French senator perfectly describes the Trump situation. https://t.co/d7sO1t9mmK