Summary:

Dr. Jim opens by playing a clip of Adam Grant talking about leadership, humility, generosity, and the danger of mistaking confidence for competence.

Then he contrasts that with Grant’s Substack post explaining why he does not post about other people’s causes. Dr. Jim argues that the contrast exposes a gap between Grant’s leadership branding and his willingness to take risks from a position of privilege.

The core argument: leadership is not just saying smart things about humility and generosity. Leadership requires using your power, platform, and privilege to serve people when it is inconvenient

Chapters:

00:00 – Adam Grant on confidence, competence, and leadership

01:02 – Grant’s Substack about not posting on causes

03:39 – Abdicating the responsibility of leadership

06:24 – Why Grant’s associations raise character questions

08:56 – Status quo leadership protects status

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