During World War II, the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA, wrote a manual for ordinary citizens living under enemy occupation. Declassified in 2008, it was called the Simple Sabotage Field Manual. Its advice for quietly...
What Do Bosses Actually Do? Given my line of work, I get asked by almost everyone I meet how to be a better boss/manager/leader. I get questions from the people who worked for me, the CEOs I coached, the people who attended a class I taught, or a...
By Kim Scott I’ve been thinking about what the most important thing is for leaders to think about in 2026. This may be kind of a random segue, but I was born in 1967 - the Age of Aquarius. Peace, love, harmony. All you need is love. That was the era...
Every once in a while, if you’re lucky, you get to work on something that is so fun you can’t believe it’s work. For me, collaborating with my team and the folks at Second City Works to create a workplace comedy series, The Feedback Loop, was one of...
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Edited By Brandi Neal. Flat organizations are often touted as the future of efficient work. But when you remove managers and collapse hierarchies, you’re not flattening the org—you’re flattening people. Radical Candor offers a more nuanced, humane,...
*This post about how to apply Radical Candor in a crisis was originally written at the beginning of the pandemic. In the wake of recent mass layoffs at tech companies and reports of 'quiet cracking', this information about how to communicate during...
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Thrown into a director role without having managed managers before? You’re not alone—and you’re more ready than you think. Radical Candor’s Kim Scott, Jason Rosoff, and Amy Sandler offer practical strategies to help you lead with confidence, candor,...
Amy Sandler is Principal Coach and Podcast Host at Radical Candor, where she’s also served as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Content Officer. Amy has trained tens of thousands of people worldwide, ranging from CEOs and leadership teams to recent...
Edited By Brandi Neal, Radical Candor podcast writer and producer, and director of content creation for Radical Candor. In a conversation with Radical Candor Principal Coach and Podcast Host Amy Sandler, designer and author Debbie Millman reflects...
Edited By Brandi Neal, Radical Candor podcast writer and producer, and director of content creation for Radical Candor. When leaders prioritize likability over accountability, team performance suffers. Kim Scott, co-founder of Radical Candor and...