Radical (Kind) Candor
Robert Clifton
Co-Founder Dang Good Creative || Photography, Videography, and Stop Motion for Food, Beverage, and Kitchenware Brands
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Instacart caught heat earlier this month for publishing AI generated recipes. Why? Because the recipe photography was quite disturbing. Obvious mistakes by the AI program they used went unchecked before publishing. So what now? AI is here to stay and it is going to be beneficial for all of us. But… nothing can replace our humanity and AI is still a fallible technology bound to have errors. So as we go forward, be sure to remember the humanity in the things you are creating and also do a quick review of an AI generated text, image, or video before blindly publishing. Bon appétit!
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Radical Candor: Why Compassionate Honesty is a Gift The Next Big Idea
Radical candor is a concept I wish I was exposed to in high school or sooner. The first time I heard someone talking about candor was Gary Vaynerchuk talking about how he was terrible at candor his whole life until reaching a point in his professional career where he realized how much harm he was actually doing by not being candorous. Here’s a more recent clip of him talking about that.
So what is radical candor? According to author Kim Scott, radical candor is caring personally while challenging directly. So many of us don’t know how to balance being kind with someone and being honest with them. Radical candor—or kind candor as Gary V calls it—is a way to do both.
Frankly, when you are not clear and honest with someone, you are doing them a disservice. They are walking around the world with something amiss, and because you don’t want to have conflict—or you don’t know how to approach it—you simply choose not to say the thing that needs to be said in order for growth and unlocks to occur.
Radical candor is that honest conversation. When done correctly, it respects all parties as humans and opens pathways to growth and positive change. But there are several ways this can go wrong. For instance, some people would hear this and think they are great at candor, when in reality, they are actually assholes who spout off whatever comes to mind. They’ve not created any safety with people around them so they have a false-positive reinforcement that their behavior is OK—when in reality, everyone around them avoids telling them the truth because of fear of retribution.
Give this podcast a listen and explore this topic more if you want to learn how to be kind and honest at the same time. Radical candor might be the thing that makes a seismic positive shift for yourself and your organization this year.