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Kelly sits across the table from Robert Bordone and Dr. Joel Salinas who have written the new book âConflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In.â âThe hard truth is that conflict isnât the problem. We are.â âConflict resilience is not comfortable.â âImplicit bias â kills our curiosity and blunts our ability to listen […]
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Steve Magness was one of the whistleblowers who brought down Nike’s Alberto Salazar. It was a decision that would cost Steve a decade of his life. It also led him to study the true science of great performance. Kelly talks to Steve about his terrific new book, âWin the Inside Game: How to Move from […]
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Kelly connects with Daisy Auger-Dominguez who once held the position of Global Chief People Officer at Vice Media Group. Her new book is called, âBurnt Out to Lit Up: How to Reignite the Joy of Leading People.â âEverybody wants to manage people until they have to manage people.â âManagement is like a high-wire act of care.â […]
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Kelly has a fascinating conversation with University of Toronto professor Christopher DiCarlo where they discuss his new book: âBuilding a God: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Race to Control It.â âLet me be very clear: the threat from AI of existential risk and annihilation to humanity is very real.â âThe word ârobotâ is derived […]
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Kelly welcomes renowned playwright, poet and teacher Sarah Ruhl back to the podcast. Sarah is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Tony Award nominee, and the recipient of the MacArthur Genius Fellowship. She has a new book, itâs called âLessons from My Teachers.â âOur phones can give us facts but not story; information, but not relation.â […]
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Kelly opens the door for Rosalind Chow, an associate professor of organizational behavior and theory at Carnegie Mellon University. Her new book is called âThe Doors You Can Open: A New Way to Network, Build Trust, and Use Your Influence to Create a More Inclusive Workplace.â âMentors talk to you; sponsors talk about you.â âThe […]
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Kelly speaks with Zach Mercurio, a positive leadership and organizations researcher and Honorary Fellow of Psychology in the Center for Meaning and Purpose at Colorado State University. He has a new book: The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance. âWe canât have healthy organizations with unhealthy people.â âNoticing is an ongoing […]
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Kelly speaks to Melody Wilding, an executive and leadership coach, licensed social worker and a former researcher at Rutgers University. She is a professor of Human Behavior at Hunter College and is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Business Insider. She has a new book, âManaging Up: How to Get What You Need from […]
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Kelly connects with Columbia Business School professor Sandra Matz to discuss her new book “Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior.” âWe are fighting for attention. We want to be seen.â âBehavioral residues are the by-product of our lives.â âEach of us comes in many different versions.â
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Kelly welcomes Scott Barry Kaufman back to the podcast to talk about his new book âRise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential.â âWeâre living in a time when we identify so strongly with our victimhood that our potential has taken a back seat to our pain.â âThereâs big money in trauma […]
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Kelly connects with Raffi Grinberg, a business leader, author, and educator based in Washington, DC. When teaching at Boston College, Raffi created a popular class called “Adulting 101.” He’s turned the teachings from that class into the book, “How to Be a Grownup.” âMany newly minted adults are more educated than ever, yet more lost […]
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Kelly talks to former Gap executive Abby Davison, who has co-written a book with legendary Stanford University Professor Myra Strober called, âMoney and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Lifeâs Biggest Decisionâ âTalking about money often ranks high on the list of least favorite conversations.â âProductive fighting is better for a relationship than poor communication.â âWe canât make […]
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Kelly connects with CEO Wes Adams and Professor Tamara Myles about their new book, âMeaningful Work: How to Ignite Passion and Performance in Every Employee.â âTrust at work â like in improv â is the oil that keeps the gears turning smoothly.â âStorytelling can be a powerful tool to create belonging.â âMicromanagement is a meaning […]
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Kelly talks with Dr. Sandy Jo MacArthur and Dr. Luanne Pannell from the University of Chicago Crime Lab and Second City’s Tyler Dean Kempf about the work we’re doing together bringing improvisation into the Policing Leadership Academy. “Cops are dropped into a scene and they have to improv every single thing they do in the […]
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Kelly connects with The Atlantic journalist Olga Khazan whose new book, âMe, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change,” follows her as she attempts to change her own personality including taking improv classes in order to boost her extroversion. âImprov taught me I can rely on others to supply their side of the […]
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Kelly welcomes Martha Jones back to the podcast. She is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and professor of history at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. We spoke to her last about her book âVanguard.â Her new book is called âThe Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir.â âSo much of the historical record was […]
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Kelly connects with Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Delaware. Her research interests include political media effects, public opinion, political satire and the psychology of political humor. Her books include Irony and Outrage and Wrong. She’s also an improviser. âFirst rule of comedy: know your audience.â âWe – all of us â are […]
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Kelly talks to University of Michigan Professor Ethan Kross about his new book: âShift: Managing Your Emotions â So They Donât Manage You.â âEmotions arenât good or bad; they are just information.â âThere are things you can control and things you canât. Emotions are both.â âThe effect music has on our emotions feels like magic.â
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Kelly goes behind the scenes of Alzheimer’s research with science writer Charles Piller whose new book is called âDoctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimerâs.â âDisproving someone elseâs experiment can be a death wish in science.â âMost academic bio-scientists depend on the National Institute of Health to keep the lights on.â âEleven […]
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