Brené Brown on What Vulnerability Isn't

ReThinking

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Adam Grant, Rethinking Podcast, Ted Talks, Organizational Psychology, Worklife Podcasts, Society & Culture, Adam Grant Podcasts, Ted Podcast Adam Grant

4.7 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

We usually wear our thickest armor at work, and Brené Brown has blazed the trail of teaching us why—and how to shed it. In this conversation, Adam and Brené unpack the power of showing vulnerability at work—and explore how much is too much. Learn when and where to set boundaries, find out how to get more comfortable with being uncomfortable, and hear Brené rethink a key assumption that she took for granted in her own work.

ReThinking is produced by Cosmic Standard. Our Senior Producer is Jessica Glazer, our Engineer is Aja Simpson, our Technical Director is Jacob Winik, and our Executive Producer is Eliza Smith.

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0:00.0	Hey Worklifers, it's Adam. Season 4 is launching this spring. In the meantime, some exciting news.
0:06.8	Each season, we've done a couple bonus episodes where I have a discussion or a debate with a thought leader.
0:11.7	You ask for more of those, so we've delivered. This is a new series we're calling Taken for Granted.
0:18.0	Get it? The gist? more unscripted conversations with fascinating people
0:22.9	about rethinking things we've taken for granted.
0:32.9	This is taken for granted, my podcast with the TED Audio Collective. I'm an organizational psychologist.
0:39.3	My job is to think again about how we work, lead, and live.
0:43.3	I'm delighted that we're starting this series
0:46.3	with someone who never fails to challenge how I think about the world,
0:50.3	Brene Brown.
0:52.3	As a social work professor,
0:53.3	Brené has spent two decades studying vulnerability, empathy, and shame.
0:58.3	She's the host of two new podcasts, unlocking us and dare to lead.
1:04.6	Her TED Talk is one of the most watched ever,
1:07.5	with more than 50 million views.
1:10.3	One of the big reasons it was such a sensation is that she models what vulnerability looks like.
1:14.6	I'm going in. I'm going to figure this stuff out. I'm going to spend a year.
1:19.6	I'm going to understand how vulnerability works, and I'm going to outsmart it.
1:23.6	As you know, it's not going to turn out well.
1:31.2	I've long been fascinated with the power of vulnerability and impressed with the power of Brunay's insights.
1:34.8	I'm excited to learn from her about the nuances of vulnerability at work,
1:38.4	especially in places where it seems risky.
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