Surgeon Atul Gawande wants everyone to have a coach
ReThinking
TED
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Atul Gawande was advised by a colleague to say yes to every opportunity until he turned 40. Since then he’s been a renowned surgeon, a public health leader and government policymaker, and a bestselling author and “New Yorker” writer. He talks with Adam about his fascinating career and how he balances his passions for different fields, why he works with a coach even in the operating room, and how he’s working in The White House to end our current pandemic–and prevent the next one.
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| 0:00.0 | Claire worked in the marketing department for an up-and-coming artisan bakery. |
| 0:05.0 | Unfortunately, the artisan bakery in question was so up-and-coming. |
| 0:10.0 | Nobody actually knew it existed. |
| 0:13.0 | But then she had the really good idea to use Canva to create a business plan. |
| 0:18.0 | It looked good, really, really good. Their investors thought so too. |
| 0:23.7 | And now their hotcakes are selling like, well, exactly. Thanks, Canber. Hi, I'm Frances |
| 0:31.0 | Fry. And I'm Anne Morris. And we are the hosts of a new TED podcast called Fixable. We've helped |
| 0:37.1 | leaders at some of the world's |
| 0:38.4 | most competitive companies solve all kinds of problems. On our show, we'll pull back the curtain |
| 0:43.9 | and give you the type of honest, unfiltered advice we usually reserve for top executives. Maybe you have a |
| 0:50.0 | coworker with boundary issues, or you want to know how to inspire and motivate your team. No problem |
| 0:55.1 | is too big or too small. Give us a call and we'll help you solve the problems you're stuck on. |
| 1:00.3 | Find fixable wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 1:09.3 | Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. |
| 1:11.1 | Welcome back to rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick. |
| 1:16.7 | I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people |
| 1:21.6 | to explore how they think and what we should all rethink. |
| 1:27.0 | Today's guest is Atul Gawande, a surgeon, Harvard professor, New Yorker writer, and best-selling |
| 1:33.1 | author of books like complications and being mortal. |
| 1:37.0 | I've long admired Atul's work on error, checklists, and coaching. |
| 1:41.4 | And in a conference last year, I got to see his competence and compassion firsthand when he helped |
| 1:46.4 | rescue me from a severe allergic reaction. |
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