Radical Respect: The Jedi Mind Trick 6 | Bonus
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Radical Candor
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🗓️ 3 July 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Failing to call people on their BS breeds problematic overconfidence that can harm collaboration and team confidence, especially among team members who are systematically disadvantaged. In this episode, Kim and Wesley discuss bloviating BS with Hollywood attorney Tyler Chou, who shared her experience working under a boss with no entertainment experience but strong connections in the industry. Even though she was more knowledgeable, his BS made her feel gaslit and afraid to speak up.
Tyler Chou has been a Hollywood attorney for the last 15 years. Having worked in VP and SVP roles at companies like Disney, Skydance, BuzzFeed and Open Road Films. As well as large law firms. Tyler has been the lead attorney on 16 feature films including Saving Mr. Banks and Cinderella. She has some battle stories to share about how brutal it is to work as an Asian woman in a white, man dominated industry.
Now, Tyler is the Founder & CEO of Tyler Chou Law for Creators and her life’s mission is to protect creators. She’s deeply passionate about helping young creators with millions of subs grow their businesses to 6-7 figures and functions as a fractional COO and GC. She is a thought leader who discusses the intersection of Hollywood and digital media and believes YouTube is the new Hollywood.
A year ago Tyler started her own YouTube channel as a creative challenge and has been blown away by how quickly her channel has grown. Her channel focuses on creators, helping them build out their businesses
Get all of the show notes at RadicalCandor.com/podcast.
Episode Links:
- Tyler Chou: The Creators' Attorney | YouTube
- The Creator's Attorney | Linktree
- Original Episode: Radical Respect S3 | Ep1 - The Jedi Mind Trick Website / YouTube
Chapters:
(00:00:00) Introduction
Kim and co-host Wesley introduce guest Tyler Chou, The Creators' Attorney.
(00:01:17) Creators' Attorney Explained
Tyler discusses her focus on YouTube creators and the legal challenges they face.
(00:02:10) Media Challenges and Solutions
The legal needs of creators and Tyler's personal journey to YouTube content creation.
(00:05:36) Workplace Dynamics and BS
Examination of 'bloviating BS', its impact on workplace dynamics, and systemic issues.
(00:08:27) Experiences with Bloviating BS
Personal experiences with bloviating BS in professional and personal life, reflecting on the challenges and impacts.
(00:13:51) Hollywood's Broken System
The systemic issues in Hollywood, including nepotism and gaslighting by bosses.
(00:17:35) Speaking Up and Taking Action
The difficulties and importance of speaking up against BS, especially for women and marginalized groups.
(00:24:00) Tyler's Hollywood Experience
Tyler elaborates on her challenging experiences in Hollywood, including job insecurity and gaslighting.
(00:26:36) Transition to the Creator Economy
Transition to the creator economy, the growth of the law firm, and the importance of protecting creators legally.
(00:31:07) Hiring and Work Culture
Tyler talks about her hiring philosophy and ensuring a positive work culture in her law firm.
(00:35:44) Explicit Agreements in the Workplace
The importance of making implicit agreements explicit in professional relationships and contracts.
(00:37:27) Contact Information
How listeners can reach Tyler for legal advice and support in the creator economy.
(00:38:58) Conclusion
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. Engineer Nick here with a very special episode of the Radical Candor |
| 0:05.3 | podcast, this one coming from the Radical Respect podcast. In this episode, Kim and co-host |
| 0:11.1 | Wesley Faulkner discuss Belovating BS, the dreaded, belovating BS with Hollywood attorney |
| 0:17.2 | Tyler Chow, who shared her experience working under a boss with no entertainment |
| 0:21.6 | background but strong connections in the industry. Even though she was more knowledgeable, |
| 0:26.6 | his BS made her feel gaslit and afraid to speak up. It's a wonderful conversation that we know |
| 0:31.8 | you're going to enjoy. So we will be back next week with a brand new episode of the Radical Kandar |
| 0:36.5 | podcast. Till then, enjoy this episode and your Fourth of July holiday. |
| 0:43.4 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:45.1 | My name is Wesley Falkner. |
| 0:46.2 | I'm the co-host of this new podcast. |
| 0:48.6 | Happy 2024. |
| 0:50.2 | And this is season three of the Radical Respects podcast. |
| 0:56.1 | And with Wesley is me, Kim Scott. |
| 0:59.4 | And with us today is Tyler Chow. |
| 1:03.1 | Tyler has been in Hollywood for many, many years. |
| 1:08.1 | And right now she is the creator's attorney on YouTube. So tell us a little bit |
| 1:12.3 | about what that means, the creator's attorney on YouTube. Hi, Kim and Wesley. Thank you so much for |
| 1:19.6 | having me. It's such an honor to be here. So the creator's attorney is someone who protects |
| 1:26.1 | creators on YouTube. I really focus on YouTube because I really think that's the new Hollywood, basically. |
| 1:31.5 | If you have a story and you want to put it out, you don't have to wait for a studio ahead to tell you that your story is worthy of being told, right? |
| 1:39.2 | You can just write the story, turn on your camera, and put it up in, you know, two days. And so I saw a need |
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