Kim Scott
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my wife doesn't work because it's bad for the children and for me at this moment in time that was like a punch in the gut and but i didn't think he meant it i actually didn't think it was prejudice i thought it was biased and so i said oh i decided to show up at work today because i wanted to neglect my children and i was expecting him to laugh and we would apologize and we would move on but that's not what happened he doubled down and he said oh no kim
my wife doesn't work because it's bad for the children and for me at this moment in time that was like a punch in the gut and but i didn't think he meant it i actually didn't think it was prejudice i thought it was biased and so i said oh i decided to show up at work today because i wanted to neglect my children and i was expecting him to laugh and we would apologize and we would move on but that's not what happened he doubled down and he said oh no kim
my wife doesn't work because it's bad for the children and for me at this moment in time that was like a punch in the gut and but i didn't think he meant it i actually didn't think it was prejudice i thought it was biased and so i said oh i decided to show up at work today because i wanted to neglect my children and i was expecting him to laugh and we would apologize and we would move on but that's not what happened he doubled down and he said oh no kim
it's really not good that you're back at work it's bad for your kids i'm going to send you some research and so now i know this is not unconscious bias it's actually prejudice And so I decided to use an it statement. And the first one I used was going to hurt the good vibes of our chit chat. And that was intentional. I felt like I had to be willing to do that.
it's really not good that you're back at work it's bad for your kids i'm going to send you some research and so now i know this is not unconscious bias it's actually prejudice And so I decided to use an it statement. And the first one I used was going to hurt the good vibes of our chit chat. And that was intentional. I felt like I had to be willing to do that.
it's really not good that you're back at work it's bad for your kids i'm going to send you some research and so now i know this is not unconscious bias it's actually prejudice And so I decided to use an it statement. And the first one I used was going to hurt the good vibes of our chit chat. And that was intentional. I felt like I had to be willing to do that.
So I said, it is an HR violation for you to tell me that I'm neglecting my kids by showing up at work today. And that had the desired impact, he backed off. And I wanted that impact because I didn't want him to think he could just say things like that. And then I said to him, it's not necessary to make a thing of this with HR. So now I'm going to try another statement using common sense.
So I said, it is an HR violation for you to tell me that I'm neglecting my kids by showing up at work today. And that had the desired impact, he backed off. And I wanted that impact because I didn't want him to think he could just say things like that. And then I said to him, it's not necessary to make a thing of this with HR. So now I'm going to try another statement using common sense.
So I said, it is an HR violation for you to tell me that I'm neglecting my kids by showing up at work today. And that had the desired impact, he backed off. And I wanted that impact because I didn't want him to think he could just say things like that. And then I said to him, it's not necessary to make a thing of this with HR. So now I'm going to try another statement using common sense.
I said, but it's my decision together with my partner, how we raise our children, just as it is your decision together with your wife, how you raise your children. And thank goodness you and I are not raising children together. So it's not relevant to our ability to work together. And he grudgingly acknowledged that. But I realized I needed to take a third crack at this.
I said, but it's my decision together with my partner, how we raise our children, just as it is your decision together with your wife, how you raise your children. And thank goodness you and I are not raising children together. So it's not relevant to our ability to work together. And he grudgingly acknowledged that. But I realized I needed to take a third crack at this.
I said, but it's my decision together with my partner, how we raise our children, just as it is your decision together with your wife, how you raise your children. And thank goodness you and I are not raising children together. So it's not relevant to our ability to work together. And he grudgingly acknowledged that. But I realized I needed to take a third crack at this.
So I used the third it statement, also appealing to common sense. And I said... And it's my guess, you don't want to read my research any more than I want to read your research. And then he laughed and he agreed that that was true.
So I used the third it statement, also appealing to common sense. And I said... And it's my guess, you don't want to read my research any more than I want to read your research. And then he laughed and he agreed that that was true.
So I used the third it statement, also appealing to common sense. And I said... And it's my guess, you don't want to read my research any more than I want to read your research. And then he laughed and he agreed that that was true.
And I'm not saying this solved all the world's problems, but if I had said nothing, then I would have resented him and it would have been hard for us to work well together. So I think it was important for our working relationship for me to say something. It was also important, I felt like it was an act of kindness for him. He was going to get into trouble going around saying things like that.
And I'm not saying this solved all the world's problems, but if I had said nothing, then I would have resented him and it would have been hard for us to work well together. So I think it was important for our working relationship for me to say something. It was also important, I felt like it was an act of kindness for him. He was going to get into trouble going around saying things like that.
And I'm not saying this solved all the world's problems, but if I had said nothing, then I would have resented him and it would have been hard for us to work well together. So I think it was important for our working relationship for me to say something. It was also important, I felt like it was an act of kindness for him. He was going to get into trouble going around saying things like that.
And I felt like it was important for me to say something because for my career, because if he thought I shouldn't even be working, he definitely was going to think I shouldn't travel and he was going to try to prevent me from going on trips. And I didn't need that at that moment in my career. So that's an example of.
And I felt like it was important for me to say something because for my career, because if he thought I shouldn't even be working, he definitely was going to think I shouldn't travel and he was going to try to prevent me from going on trips. And I didn't need that at that moment in my career. So that's an example of.