Radical Candor: Communication at Work
Radical Candor: Communication at Work
Kim Scott, Jason Rosoff & Amy Sandler
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Humanizing AI: Meet the Kim Scott Google Portrait 7 | 27
43 minutes Posted Jul 2, 2025 at 7:00 am.
) Introduction
) Live Coaching Demo
) Why the Portrait Matters
) Kim’s Next Book
) Family Interactions with the Portrait
) The “Automated Kim” Origin Story
) Coaching at Scale
coaching.
) Personalized vs Generic AI
) Training the Portrait
) Solving Repetitive Questions
) Productive Disagreement Through Portraits
) Expanding Globally
) Real-World Use Cases
) Empathy-Driven AI
) Empowering Creators
) Lived Experience as Research
) Supporting New Managers
) Navigating Difficult Bosses
) Changing Workplace Culture
) Personality Extenders
) Creating Your Own Portrait
) Conclusion
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Most leaders learn on the fly—and Kim knows the bruises that come with it. In this episode she joins longtime Google Distinguished Designer Ryan Germick to discuss the innovative "Kim Scott Portrait," an AI-powered tool designed by Google Labs (and trained by the real Kim) to scale Kim's expertise and deliver Radically Candid advice 24/7. Discover how this new technology aims to humanize AI, free authors from the burden of answering repetitive questions, and foster more productive communication in the workplace.
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Now You Can Talk Radical Candor 24/7 With the Kim Scott Portrait
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Chapters:
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Kim and Ryan Germick introduce the “Portrait” collaboration—an AI version of Kim designed to scale her coaching.
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Kim’s Portrait answers a tough management question.
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How the Portrait helps Kim reach more people and free up time for writing.
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A look into Kim’s upcoming optimistic novel set in 2070.
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Funny and revealing story of Kim’s son debating the AI.
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How a team joke at Google inspired the Portrait concept.
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Why books and AI scale Kim’s message better than
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The value of expert-driven Portraits over average LLM responses.
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Kim explains her hands-on role in fine-tuning its responses.
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How Portraits provide patient, consistent answers to FAQs.
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The vision for AI-facilitated, respectful debates.
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Plans for multi-language and international Portrait availability.
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The ways Portraits support work, life, and social media decisions.
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AI as a personal board of directors, with lived-experience expertise.
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Portraits can be embedded on creators’ own platforms—no lock-in.
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Kim defends storytelling as a valid path to truth and insight.
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Portraits offer guidance during the lonely transition into leadership.
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Portraits can help employees manage up with empathy and agency.
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Helping people shift from silence or aggression to Radical Candor.
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Portraits as scalable human touchpoints for the future.
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How to create your own Portrait and scale your voice.
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