How NDAs Protect Power Instead of People 7 | 15

(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:02:10) Why Careless People Matters
(00:03:17) Understanding Forced Arbitration
(00:06:20) Emotional Targeting at Facebook
(00:09:43) Harm, Silence, and Scapegoats
(00:17:40) The Measurement Problem
(00:22:13) Loyalty vs Integrity
(00:26:29) Kim’s NDA Regret
(00:32:40) Building Better Systems
(00:34:42) A Better Way Forward
(00:38:02) Culture Is Design
(00:39:48) Radical Candor Tips
(00:41:30) Conclusion

When contracts hide misconduct, it’s not policy—it’s a cover-up.

What do NDAs, forced arbitration, and emotionally manipulating teenagers have in common? Sadly, more than you'd hope. Kim, Jason and Amy rip the lid off the corporate culture of hush-hush harm, legal gymnastics and why emotional manipulation is a feature—not a bug—in some marketing strategies. They dig into the story behind Careless People by Sara Wynn-Williams, the book someone definitely doesn’t want you to read, and expose how companies use contracts to silence the truth and protect power—not people. From creepy ad targeting to leaders who dodge accountability like it’s dodgeball, the crew gets real about why “just business” is a lazy excuse for bad behavior. Kim even owns up to the time she played the NDA game—and why she’ll never do it again. Because real leadership doesn’t mean covering your ass—it means doing the damn right thing, even when it costs you.

Get all of the show notes at RadicalCandor.com/podcast.

Episode Links:

• Watch the episode
• Meta Tries To Stop Sarah Wynn-Williams From Further Selling Scathing Memoir | The New York Times
• Meta Tries To Bury A Tell-All Book | Wired
• Radical Respect Newsletter
• Ex-Meta Executive: ‘People Deserve To Know What This Company Is Really Like’ | CNN Business
• Careless People: A Cautionary Tale Of Power, Greed, And Lost Idealism | Sarah Wynn-Williams
• Lift Our Voices
• Lessons From A Whistleblower: Susan Rigetti | Radical Candor Podcast 6 | 44
• She Said | Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
• Catch And Kill | Ronan Farrow
• Ellen Pao: Tech’s Meritocracy Is Broken | Radical Candor Podcast 7 | 3
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