Book · 2017 · Business & Economics
Radical Candor
Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott has been mentioned in 20 episodes across 10 podcasts (6 episodes recommend it and 14 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Jason Calacanis (4 episodes), Alisa Cohn (1 episode) and Jacob Warwick (1 episode) on This Week in Startups (7 episodes), No Stupid Questions (4 episodes) and The Tim Ferriss Show (2 episodes).
#202 of 16,947 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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Radical Candor by Kim Scott is also a great book on that from that point of view because it also makes the case about why it's so important to give feedback for people.
Questions about Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott
Who recommends Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott on podcasts?
Jason Calacanis (1 episode), Alisa Cohn (1 episode), Jacob Warwick (1 episode), Jordan Harbinger (1 episode) and Laurent Charignon (1 episode) have recommended Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott on podcasts. In all, 14 people brought it up across 10 podcasts (6 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Radical Candor the most?
This Week in Startups (7 episodes), No Stupid Questions (4 episodes), The Tim Ferriss Show (2 episodes), a16z Podcast (1 episode) and Lenny's Podcast (1 episode), among 10 podcasts in all.
Is Radical Candor recommended, or only discussed?
Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott was recommended in 6 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 14 episodes, as of 2026-06-17.
What do people say about Radical Candor?
Alisa Cohn on The Tim Ferriss Show (2021-10-19): "Radical Candor by Kim Scott is also a great book on that from that point of view because it also makes the case about why it's so important to give feedback for people."
When was Radical Candor last mentioned on a podcast?
Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott was last recommended on The Pragmatic Engineer by Robert Erez on 2026-06-17.
What they say about it
- Author named Kim Scott“author of Radical Candor”5
- Discusses communication and feedback“communicate more efficiently”3
The best things said about it
And in order to be effective at it, to build trust, and to be able to effectively motivate and coach I found that Radical Candor was the book that really gave me that.
The other one um from a more um I guess organizational and communication side of things, um Radical Candor by Kim Scott. How to you communicate more efficiently and with more compassion with um your peers and other people around you.
If you've studied Radical Candor Kim Scott is the author of that talks about how most people skew to either what she calls obnoxious aggression which is candor but without care for the person or ruinous empathy which is care for the person but not candor.
I'm a big fan of Kim Scott's Radical Candor and Kim's building an agent that is, hey, you really want to follow this, don't read the book and stick it on your shelf, but really have this person that's sitting next to you saying, hey, you're kind of not following the principles of the book right now.
Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
14 people who brought it up
Jason Calacanis4 episodes · recommended in 1- Alisa Cohn1 episode · recommended in 1
- Jacob Warwick1 episode · recommended in 1
- Jordan Harbinger1 episode · recommended in 1
- Laurent Charignon1 episode · recommended in 1
- Robert Erez1 episode · recommended in 1
- Shishir Mehrotra2 episodes
- Ali Ghodsi1 episode
- David Hassell1 episode
- Mike Maughan1 episode
- Sam Parr1 episode
Stephen Dubner1 episode
Why people recommend it
Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott is a management guide that teaches leaders how to care personally while challenging directly. Robert Erez recommended the book on The Pragmatic Engineer for improving compassionate communication with colleagues, and Laurent Charignon stated on The Peterman Pod that it helped him build trust and handle difficult coaching conversations. Jason Calacanis recommended it on This Week in Startups for managers scaling executive teams, and Alisa Cohn praised it on The Tim Ferriss Show for demonstrating the necessity of constructive feedback. A listener on The Jordan Harbinger Show mentioned plans to read it to improve communication with senior staff, while Tim Ferriss brought it up on his podcast to ask Michelle Khare about influential management literature. Shishir Mehrotra discussed the author on This Week in Startups in the context of building AI agents, and Ali Ghodsi mentioned on the a16z Podcast that some readers tend to take its feedback principles too far.
Every mention
Jason Calacanis and then building the executives around us that have done it before is really important I think that radica… 4
“If you have people, you know, in startup land, I'm going to bring it back to startups who consider radical cander, shout out to Kim who wrote the book at Google, they consider radical cander chewing out”
“and then building the executives around us that have done it before is really important I think that radical Candor super important if you're into uh radical Candor highly recommend Kim Scott”
“And she did the book Radical Candor, but psychological safety came up over and over and over again when they looked at people in these groups.”
“so if you tell them every term from compassion you have to say I actually want you to succeed and I'd it's like the radical candor piece I want you to succeed”
Alisa Cohn and i would add radical candor by kim scott is also a great book on that from that point of view because it… 1
“and i would add radical candor by kim scott is also a great book on that from that point of view because it also makes the case about why it's so important to give feedback for people”
Jacob Warwick And then I like radical candor. I know some of your guests put that on. I've met Kim Scott, she's phenomena… 1
“And then I like radical candor. I know some of your guests put that on. I've met Kim Scott, she's phenomenal. Like that radical candor really gave me the confidence to be assertive”
Jordan Harbinger I'm planning on reading difficult conversations and radical candor so that i can better communicate with them 1
“I'm planning on reading difficult conversations and radical candor so that i can better communicate with them”
Laurent Charignon And in order to be effective at it, to build trust, and to be able to um effectively motivate and coach I f… 1
“And in order to be effective at it, to build trust, and to be able to um effectively motivate and coach I found that Radical Candor was the book that really gave me that.”
Robert Erez The other one um from a more um I guess organizational and communication side of things, um Radical Candor… 1
“The other one um from a more um I guess organizational and communication side of things, um Radical Candor by Kim Scott. How to you communicate more efficiently and with more compassion with um your peers and other people around you.”
Shishir Mehrotra You guys I think are probably familiar with Kim Scott at Radical Candor. Um yeah, she's been on the program… 2
“You guys I think are probably familiar with Kim Scott at Radical Candor. Um yeah, she's been on the program. I knew her in her Google. Yeah. So she wrote this really popular book. She got I told her about what we were doing here.”
“I'm a big fan of uh Kim Scott's Radical Cander and Kim's building an agent that is, hey, you really want to follow this, don't read the book and stick it on your shelf, but really have this person that's sitting next to you saying, hey, you're kind of not following the principles of the book right now.”
Ali Ghodsi So like you know I think that's a you know there's this book called radical cander and I think people take… 1
“So like you know I think that's a you know there's this book called radical cander and I think people take it too far and they misunderstand it and so on.”
David Hassell if you've studied radical candor kim scott is the author of that talks about how most people skew to either… 1
“if you've studied radical candor kim scott is the author of that talks about how most people skew to either what she calls obnoxious aggression which is candor but without care for the person or ruinous empathy which is care for the person but not candor”
Mike Maughan so Kim Scott who we both love author of radical cander Silicon Valley executive wonderful wonderful Soul sh… 1
“so Kim Scott who we both love author of radical cander Silicon Valley executive wonderful wonderful Soul she came to qualtrix in our early days and was doing a Q&A with the employees and I remember she said these exact words”
Sam Parr That story is from Radical Candor. Radical Candor or whatever. Radical yeah, Radical Candor. That's a good… 1
“That story is from Radical Candor. Radical Candor or whatever. Radical yeah, Radical Candor. That's a good one.”
Stephen Dubner Kim Scott wrote a book called radical kander 1
“Kim Scott wrote a book called radical kander”
Steven Bartlett have you read a book called radical camber it's up there on my bookshelf somewhere but i've not read it yet 1
“have you read a book called radical camber it's up there on my bookshelf somewhere but i've not read it yet”
Tim Ferriss Radical Cander by Kim Scott and The Six Thinking Hats by Edward Dabono. Do either of these ring a bell? 1
“Radical Cander by Kim Scott and The Six Thinking Hats by Edward Dabono. Do either of these ring a bell?”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker4
“So Kim Scott, who we both love, author of Radical Candor, Silicon Valley executive, wonderful, wonderful soul.”
“I know our friend Adam Grant who’s also a professor at Wharton has written about how he hates the idea; our dear friend Kim Scott who wrote Radical Candor also hates the idea! But let me just stand up for the crap sandwich which is to say that I agree it’s kind of formulaic and predictable like I’m just going”
“So Kim Scott, a friend of both of ours, author of 'Radical Candor' and just work, an amazing human being, Kim has this construct that she calls rock stars and superstars, and the basic gist is that early on at Qualtrics or most startups, right, you want people who can scale with the company, who can grow with it, who”
“Kim Scott the author of the book radical cander refers to that type of language as quote obnoxious aggression”
Other mentions (10: passing, ad reads, own books)
“That is awesome advice. It's interesting how often this this uh just like management style comes back or management uh good management it comes back reminds me of what was it candid radical cander just this combination of caring deeply and challenging directly.”
“What's the The book about dare challenge directly but care deeply? Radical candor. Oh yeah, yeah, right. Yeah. Yeah, so it's like another way of thinking about radical candor.”
“our dear friend Kim Scott who wrote radical Candor also hates the idea”
“In addition you can get Chris Voss on negotiations Kim Scott friend of the pod on radical candor Bob Iger on leadership and so many more”
“so Kim Scott a friend of both of ours author of radical Candor and just work an amazing human being Kim has this construct that she calls rock stars and Superstars”
“that was Radical Candor author and friend of this podcast Kim Scott she just did her master class session called tackle the hard conversations with radical Candor a great concept a great philosophy of running a business”
“that was Radical Candor author and friend of this week in startups Kim Scott and she just did a master class session called tackle the hard conversations with radical Candor”
“i'm planning on reading difficult conversations and radical candor so that i can better communicate with them”
“and so one of the things that that made me want to write the book was also seeing what happens when people get it right and just watching when people were criticizing me”
“and that's really why I wrote radical candor and came up with this framework you have in the book”