Best Simone Wooten Podcasts (2025)

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Brené and Adam Grant on the Paradox Tug of War and Leadership Theater 36:26

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3d ago36:26

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In part two of a special series with Adam Grant on Brené’s new book, Strong Ground, Brené and Adam discuss the far and near enemies of generosity, the tug of war of paradox, and sports as leadership theater. They explore how finding our strong ground offers tethering, connection, and stability, and also the platform for explosive movement and chang…

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Brené on Lock-In and Lock-Through Power 58:33

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In this special Dare to Lead episode, Brené shares one of her favorite chapters from the Strong Ground audiobook called Lock-In and Lock-Through Power. Brené uses the metaphor of a boat lock to explore the tricky work-to-home and professional-to-personal transitions that we have to navigate with our partners, children, and friends. She digs into wh…

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Brené and Adam Grant on Finding Our Strong Ground 58:34

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In the first episode of a special series on Brené's new book, Strong Ground, Brené and Adam dig into the origins of Strong Ground, and what values clarity can mean for individuals, teams, and organizations. They take on the question of why there is so much more meaning in our lives and our work when we know who we are and what matters to us the mos…

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Brené and Barrett reflect on the "Living Beyond Human Scale" Podcast Series 44:46

1+ y ago44:46

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In this episode Brené and Barrett discuss their learnings on AI and social media and some of their favorite nuggets from each of the guests in the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Vox Media Podcast Network

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Dr. Joy Buolamwini on Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines 1:25:46

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In this episode, Brené and Dr. Joy discuss fighting bias in algorithms, Gender Shades - the accuracy of AI powered gender classification products, and her amazing perspective on technology as a poet, artist, and scientist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Vox Media Podcast Network

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Lisa Gevelber on Technology and AI for Good 50:15

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In this episode, Brené and Lisa discuss how we can work to close the digital divide and ensure more people have access to technology, what it means in AI speak to have a human in the loop, and the incredible ways teachers, business owners, and regular people are using AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Futurist Amy Webb on What's Coming (and What's Here) 1:14:16

1+ y ago1:14:16

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Quantitative futurist Amy Webb talks to us about the three technologies that make up the "super cycle" that we're all living through right now: artificial intelligence, wearable devices, and biotechnology, and why, despite the unnerving change, we still need to do some serious future planning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.…

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how to take care of yourself during triggering times 21:03

2+ y ago21:03

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this week was filled with not-so-great news, specifically the weaponized assault of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who was just attempting to pick his siblings up after school and knocked on the wrong door, accidentally having the wrong street. this episode goes into what triggers are these days, how to recognize them, and what to do to care for your mind…

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tips for surviving seasons of change 23:22

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hi friends! welcome to E04. last week we covered feelings of overwhelm and inadequacy and how they can be expected in seasons of abundance, which are always bound to lots of change. so, in this episode, we piggy-back off of this and talk about change, what self sabotage is, recognizing it, and the 4 tools i'm currently learning to utilize to combat…

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expect overwhelm within abundance 26:59

2+ y ago26:59

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hi friends, thanks for coming back for another episode. i was planning on having something specific planned out to talk about, but life happens. instead, today, we're talking about my most recent struggles and how many times things don't make sense until retrospect. i challenge you to take a look at your mood shifts, learn everything you can about …

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your healing will never be linear 22:36

2+ y ago22:36

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I recently started an intentional journey to healing. Come along for a chat about what healing from an adverse life event can look like, some tips on changing habits, and my explanation of why we all need to lower the standards we hold for ourselves through hard times. TW: depression, anxiety, parent death, pet death, grief…

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Introduction :) 28:39

2+ y ago28:39

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This introduction episode includes the basics about me, and what brought me here. So glad to have you! --- TW: depression/anxiety, parent loss, pandemicBy Simone Wooten

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Brené with Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley on The Digital Mindset, Part 2 of 2 55:40

2+ y ago55:40

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In Part 2 of my conversation with Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley, authors of The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI, we talk about the importance of establishing a baseline digital literacy in our organizations and the intimate relationship between the skill sets and the mindsets we cultivate. Le…

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Brené with Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley on The Digital Mindset, Part 1 of 2 43:57

3y ago43:57

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This two-part podcast with Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley is an absolute game changer. Given how often I find myself working with leaders who are knee-high in uncertainty and vulnerability around digital transformation, I thought I had a pretty solid understanding of it. But The Digital Mindset book and this conversation turned everything upside d…

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Brené with Mike Erwin on Leadership Is a Relationship, Part 2 of 2 37:56

3y ago37:56

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We’re back with Part 2 of my conversation with Mike Erwin, the founder and CEO of the Character and Leadership Center and the co-author of Leadership Is a Relationship. In this episode, we continue to dig into how the most effective leaders prioritize relationships. They give feedback that calls attention to the behaviors they want to encourage, in…

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Brené with Mike Erwin on Leadership Is a Relationship, Part 1 of 2 39:06

3y ago39:06

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This is the first of two episodes with Mike Erwin, the founder and CEO of the Character and Leadership Center and the co-author of Leadership Is a Relationship, a timely book that details why leaders who prioritize relationships are more effective. It’s a conversation about the seven functions of relationship-building and the importance of prioriti…

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Brené with Lisa Lahey on Immunity to Change, Part 2 of 2 1:06:11

3y ago1:06:11

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I won’t lie: This conversation was hard as hell. But — I’m so grateful to Lisa Lahey and all the work she and Robert Kegan have done on the “immunity to change” theory. It explains why lasting, meaningful change is damn hard. Rather than simply talking about the process, Lisa and I actually engage in it around something I’m desperate to change (and…

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Brené with Lisa Lahey on Immunity to Change, Part 1 of 2 39:48

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I don’t like to think of myself as someone who’s averse to change. But, man, am I averse to change. Enter the amazing Lisa Lahey. She is a Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty member who has built a body of work to help learners and leaders overcome the innate human aversion to change. And I thought, when I asked her to join us for a two-pa…

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Brené and Barrett on Building Brave Spaces 36:17

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Barrett and I invite you into some research thinking and dig into the latest data on how to build brave spaces with our teams — what gets in the way of people showing up, what gets in the way of doing the work, and how judgment is the primary killer of these spaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Brené with Janice Omadeke on The Mentor Method and Why Values Matter 58:50

3y ago58:50

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Janice Omadeke is the creator of The Mentor Method, an enterprise software that transforms company culture through mentorship. We talk about her entrepreneurship journey, from building fan sites as a hobby to being named one of Entrepreneur magazine’s 100 Women of Influence in 2022. As The Mentor Method’s founder and CEO, Janice became one of the f…

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Brené with Aiko Bethea and Ruchika Tulshyan on the Heart of Leadership, Part 2 of 2 34:38

3y ago34:38

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We are back with Part 2 with two of my friends, mentors, teachers, and co-creators, Aiko Bethea and Ruchika Tulshyan. Join us as we talk about the state of belonging work — what it is, what’s working, and what’s not working. This is a conversation about the tough work that I believe is at the heart of courageous leadership. Learn more about your ad…

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Brené with Aiko Bethea and Ruchika Tulshyan on the Heart of Leadership, Part 1 of 2 49:28

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We have two Dare to Lead favorites back with us today who are really important people to me in terms of my own personal and professional growth: Aiko Bethea and Ruchika Tulshyan. We are digging into the heart of what it means to belong. What are we getting right with DEIB work? What are we still not doing well? I think this work is actually the cor…

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Brené with Beto O’Rourke on Brave Leadership 55:22

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I think y’all know that I’m a fifth-generation Texan, and I have another Texan with me today: Beto O’Rourke. He is running for governor of Texas, and early voting starts next week on October 24th, with Election Day coming up on November 8th. But beyond the timeliness of voting, I wanted to connect on the timeliness of brave leadership — because we …

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Brené with Adam Grant and Simon Sinek on What's Happening at Work, Part 2 of 2 44:35

3y ago44:35

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We’re back for Part 2 of my two-episode conversation with Adam Grant and Simon Sinek. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, I suggest doing that first, because it provides the framework for the three big topics we cover here: (1) quiet quitting — what it is, what it isn’t, what we think about it; (2) engagement — how you define it, how you foster it; …

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Brené with Adam Grant and Simon Sinek on What's Happening at Work, Part 1 of 2 43:12

3y ago43:12

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What’s happening in the workplace right now? In this first of two episodes with Adam Grant and Simon Sinek, we talk about what we are seeing in organizations across the world — and there are definitely some trends that emerge. And so much learning. We talk about disconnects between what we know from data and what we’re seeing practiced. We also tal…

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Brené with Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten on The Prepared Leader, Part 2 of 2 38:28

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We’re back with the second part of a two-part series with Erika James, PhD, and Lynn Perry Wooten, PhD, about their new book, The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before. In Part 1, we talked about what leaders can do today to prepare for what’s next, and in this episode, we dig into more tactical strategies. I have to sa…

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Brené with Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten on The Prepared Leader, Part 1 of 2 47:57

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It’s the first of a two-part series with Erika James, PhD, and Lynn Perry Wooten, PhD, about their new book, The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before. It’s completely tactical and has taught me so much about leading in a crisis — and unfortunately, we have not seen our last crisis. We talk about what leaders can do tod…

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Brené and Barrett on Gathering Together for the First Time 43:43

3+ y ago43:43

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Three weeks ago, our whole company gathered together in our offices for the first time since early March 2020. In this episode, Barrett and I reflect on how it felt to be together, what surprised us, what shifted for us, and what we’ve learned so far as our team has begun to work in the same space again for the first time in more than two years. Le…

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Brené with Kam Franklin on Joy, Conflict, and Leading Creative Teams 1:06:52

3+ y ago1:06:52

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I’m talking with Kam Franklin, singer-songwriter, music producer, activist, writer, and lead singer of the Gulf Coast soul band The Suffers. You know their kick-ass song “Take Me to the Good Times” from the Dare to Lead podcast. Kam and I talk about what it means to lead a creative team and what it means to set audacious goals, to fall and fail, an…

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Brené with Ruchika Tulshyan on Inclusion on Purpose 1:15:26

3+ y ago1:15:26

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If you come across Ruchika Tulshyan’s new book and find yourself dismissively thinking, “Another DEI book?” you do so at your own peril — and privilege. Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work is a transformative book. In it, Ruchika, a journalist and inclusion strategist, centers the experience o…

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Brené with Dr. Linda Hill on Leading With Purpose in the Digital Age 1:04:52

3+ y ago1:04:52

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I am talking to Dr. Linda Hill, a researcher, professor of business administration, and chair of the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School. She is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation, and she has done a new study on how to lead in the digital era. We talk about her findings and what leaders are wrestling with …

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Brené with Scott Sonenshein on Why We’ll Never Be the Same Again (and Why It’s Time to Talk About It) 58:02

3+ y ago58:02

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I’m talking with Scott Sonenshein, a researcher, organizational psychologist, and New York Times bestselling author, about the pandemic, the racial reckoning, and work — specifically, what it means for people going to the office for the first time, or staying hybrid, or working from home. We will never be the same again after what we’ve experienced…

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Brené and Barrett on Why Every Leader Needs to Worry About Toxic Culture 37:48

3+ y ago37:48

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Barrett and I have not been able to stop thinking — and talking — about an episode we did a few weeks ago with Donald Sull and Charlie Sull of CultureX: “How Toxic Work Cultures Are Driving the Great Resignation.” In that episode, we took a deep dive into an MIT Sloan Management Review article the Sulls had recently written, about what was driving …

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Brené with James Rhee on Kindness, Math, and the Power of Goodwill 1:10:00

3+ y ago1:10:00

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This is a conversation about how a simple act of generosity can put someone on a new, groundbreaking course. I’m talking with James Rhee — acclaimed impact leader, entrepreneur, educator, investor, and goodwill strategist — about why kindness matters. He leads with a powerful combination of kindness and math and demonstrates how revenue doesn’t def…

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Brené with Dr. Amishi Jha on Finding Focus and Owning Your Attention 1:16:37

3+ y ago1:16:37

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I want you to pay attention and direct your flashlight right on this podcast — you’ll understand what that means after you listen to this episode. I’m talking to Dr. Amishi Jha, a neuroscientist and the author of the bestseller Peak Mind, about attention, focus, concentration, and mindfulness — specifically how mindfulness can literally change our …

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Brené with Dr. Donald Sull and Charlie Sull on How Toxic Work Cultures Are Driving the Great Resignation 1:11:55

3+ y ago1:11:55

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I’m talking with Dr. Donald Sull and Charlie Sull about an article I came across in the MIT Sloan Management Review titled “Toxic Culture Is Driving the Great Resignation.” As we know, between April and September of 2021, more than 24 million American employees left their jobs, an all-time record. Donald and Charlie researched what’s driving the Gr…

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Brené with Megan Reitz and John Higgins on Leading in an Age of Employee Activism 1:13:36

3+ y ago1:13:36

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I’m talking to Megan Reitz, a professor of leadership and dialogue, and John Higgins, a researcher and author, about an article they published in the MIT Sloan Management Review titled “Leading in an Age of Employee Activism.” It’s a huge topic in every organization I talk to, and I can say, as an employer and an activist — leading a team filled wi…

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Brené with Debbie Millman on Why Design Matters 1:13:14

3+ y ago1:13:14

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I’m talking with Debbie Millman — designer, author, educator, curator, brand strategist, and host of the long-running, multi-award-winning podcast Design Matters — about her new book, Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People. It’s a conversation about creativity with one of the most creative people in the business, wh…

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Brené with Dan Pink on The Power of Regret 1:13:55

3+ y ago1:13:55

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Dan Pink is one of my favorite researchers and writers. In this episode, we dig into one of my least favorite feelings (but one of my best teachers): regret. In his new book, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, Dan shares findings from two large studies on regret. It’s fascinating. One big takeaway: We have more regrets abou…

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Brené and Barrett on the Great Awkward 36:18

3+ y ago36:18

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We’re back! It’s 2022, and we’re all talking about “returning to the office” at some point. There are a lot of unknowns, and it’s going to be awkward. In this episode, Barrett and I discuss how our organization is going to gather again, as well as what we are seeing in companies across the country. We talk through a few of the toughest questions, d…

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Brené with America Ferrera on Identity and Integrated Leadership, Part 2 of 2 40:45

4y ago40:45

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My conversation with America Ferrera was so good that I didn’t want it to end, so here we are with the second episode with the renowned actor, director, producer, activist, and leader. We continued our discussion about the importance of integration and how transformative it can be to bring all of our identities to our leadership journey — and in th…

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Brené with America Ferrera on Identity and Integrated Leadership, Part 1 of 2 42:23

4y ago42:23

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I’m talking with America Ferrera — actor, director, producer, activist, and leader — in the first of a two-part series about leading with your whole self. I have done a lot of work with integration and leadership over the past decades, and I hadn’t heard it so clearly captured and explained as America did in this episode. Every transformational lea…

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Brené with Dr. Laurie Santos on Creating Meaningful Connection at Work 57:26

4y ago57:26

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Dr. Laurie Santos is a professor of psychology and the head of Silliman Residential College at Yale University and the host of the popular podcast The Happiness Lab. We talk about her experiences with university students and how it connects with the research that I’ve done for my new book, Atlas of the Heart. We discuss how that data predicts what …

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Brené with James Clear on Atomic Habits, Part 2 of 2 56:53

4y ago56:53

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It’s Part 2 of our two-part episode with James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, which has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages. In Part 1 of our series, we talked about building systems to create habits, and in this episode, we talk about how and why habits are atomic and how to build a habit or b…

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Brené with James Clear on Atomic Habits, Part 1 of 2 52:00

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Even before James Clear and I met, I knew this would be a two-part series. I just had so many questions for the author of Atomic Habits, which has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages. Not surprisingly, this turned out to be exactly the type of conversation I’d anticipated. In Part 1 of our serie…

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Brené with Dr. Maya Shankar on Courage in the Midst of Change 1:15:10

4y ago1:15:10

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I am talking with Dr. Maya Shankar, a cognitive scientist who served as chair of the Social and Behavioral Science Team during the Obama administration and served as the first behavioral science adviser to the United Nations. We talk about what happens when change knocks us off our charted path. How do we get back up? How do we figure out who we ar…

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Brené and Barrett on BRAVING Trust, Part 2 of 2 50:21

4y ago50:21

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Barrett is back to talk more about trust and how we approach it at our company. We call it BRAVING trust — BRAVING is the acronym we use for the seven attributes of trust. And in Part 2 of this two-part series, we really dig into the core elements of BRAVING: boundaries, reliability, accountability, vault, integrity, nonjudgment, and generosity. We…

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Brené and Barrett on BRAVING Trust, Part 1 of 2 41:29

4y ago41:29

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In this episode, Barrett Guillen, chief of staff at Brené Brown Education and Research Group, is joining me to talk about trust, what trust means, and how we approach it at our company. We call it BRAVING trust — BRAVING is the acronym we use for the seven attributes of trust. We have shared this with organizations all over the world, and today, we…

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Brené with Liz Wiseman on Impact Players 1:11:08

4y ago1:11:08

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Liz Wiseman is an author, a researcher, and an executive adviser, and we are talking about her new book, Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact. Liz has done research across organizations around the world, talking to managers about what impact players look like, what sets them apart, and how they contribute. Wit…

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Brené with Jodi-Ann Burey and Ruchika Tulshyan on Imposter Syndrome 1:12:49

4y ago1:12:49

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I’m talking with Jodi-Ann Burey and Ruchika Tulshyan about imposter syndrome and the articles they have written together on the topic, including “Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome,” which is among the Harvard Business Review’s top 100 most-read articles in history. We talk about the contexts in which imposter syndrome was originally de…