Getting to Yes, And… | Wendy Smith – Both/And Thinking
08/30/22 • 38 min
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Kelly sits down with Wendy Smith , the Academic Director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the University of Delaware where she is also a Professor of Management, to talk about a new book she co-wrote with Marianne Lewis, “Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems.”
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4001964/4001964_2022-08-28-183004.64kmono.mp3“The greatest trigger for organizational failure is success.”
“The more we think we are in control, the riskier our decision making.”
“To open ourselves to tensions, we must move beyond focusing on our mindsets and thinking to be able to engage our heart. We need to use our emotions as an enabling resource, rather than crippling obstacle.”
Kelly sits down with Wendy Smith , the Academic Director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the University of Delaware where she is also a Professor of Management, to talk about a new book she co-wrote with Marianne Lewis, “Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems.”
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4001964/4001964_2022-08-28-183004.64kmono.mp3“The greatest trigger for organizational failure is success.”
“The more we think we are in control, the riskier our decision making.”
“To open ourselves to tensions, we must move beyond focusing on our mindsets and thinking to be able to engage our heart. We need to use our emotions as an enabling resource, rather than crippling obstacle.”
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Kelly connects with Russ Roberts, President of Shalem College in Jerusalem and the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He hosts the award-winning weekly podcast EconTalk and has a new book: “Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions that Define Us.”
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/3998421/3998421_2022-08-18-204121.64kmono.mp3“Who volunteers for heartache and unease? Human beings.”
“As we get older, we understand that the pain we have endured, especially heartbreak, hasn’t just made us stronger. It has made everything we experience richer and fuller. As we get older, we come to prefer bittersweet chocolate to chocolate that is merely sweet.”
“Start by facing your ignorance. Wild problems are not the kinds of problems with answers and that’s OK. It’s better than OK. It’s glorious.”
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Kelly talks with UCLA professor Cassie Holmes about her new book, “Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most.”
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4003744/4003744_2022-09-02-140444.64kmono.mp3“How we spend our time defines who we are, the memories we cherish, and how we will be remembered by those we leave behind.”
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“Science suggest that when a twenty-year old and sixty-year-old express feeling happy, they are probably feeling quite different things. Recognizing this can increase our emotional understanding of others – and ourselves – across ages.”
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