Radical Candor
Honest feedback is where most leadership practice breaks down: people avoid the hard conversation, or deliver it badly.
This collection examines the amygdala hijack in conflict, anger and the brain, and the skills of active listening and conflict resolution behind directness done well. Every protocol and definition here is tied back to peer-reviewed sources.
newest 23 Aug 2026
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Anger and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Rage Regulation and When It Serves You
The neuroscience of anger explained. How your brain's rage circuit works, why rumination makes it worse, and what 118 studies say about regulation that actually works.
Deep dive · 18 Jun 2026
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Measure yourself
Feedback Style Quiz: Where Does Your Approach Fall on the Candor Matrix?Get a baseline before you change anything. 20 questions; scored on real dimensions.
Read the evidence
Anger and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Rage Regulation and When It Serves YouThe full argument, chapter by chapter.
Apply it
90-Day Radical Candor Protocol: Build a Culture of High-Performance FeedbackA written method to run: 12 weeks.
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Deep Dives
Long-form investigations with full bibliographies.
The Amygdala Hijack in Conflict: Why Rational People Become Irrational Under Social ThreatThe amygdala hijack explained by neuroscience. How social threat disables your prefrontal cortex in conflict, and three evidence-based ways to recover.Deep dive · 18 Jun 2026
Anger and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Rage Regulation and When It Serves YouThe neuroscience of anger explained. How your brain's rage circuit works, why rumination makes it worse, and what 118 studies say about regulation that actually works.Deep dive · 18 Jun 2026
Guides
Structured, chaptered field manuals.
Protocols
Multi-week programmes with a written method.
Assessments
Scored self-assessments with real question banks.Glossary
Defined terms, each with its own entry.
Difficult Conversations: Stone, Patton & Heen's Definition and the Three-Layer ModelStone, Patton and Heen's three-layer model explains what makes conversations difficult and how to engage them without defensiveness or avoidance.Glossary term · 18 Jun 2026
Conflict Resolution: Definition and the Five-Style Thomas-Kilmann ModelConflict resolution maps five behavioural modes on the Thomas-Kilmann grid of assertiveness and cooperativeness. Learn which style fits each situation.Glossary term · 18 Jun 2026
Active Listening: Rogers's Definition and the Three-Component PracticeActive listening is Rogers's three-component communication practice. Large-scale research links it to relationship quality (r = .51) and negotiation gains.Glossary term · 18 Jun 2026
Radical Candor: Kim Scott's Definition, the 2×2 Matrix & ExamplesRadical Candor is Kim Scott's framework for honest management: care personally, challenge directly. Definition, the 2×2 matrix, and real examples.Glossary term · 18 Jun 2026
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- Feedback Style Quiz: Where Does Your Approach Fall on the Candor Matrix?Assessment
- Conflict ResolutionGlossary term
- Anger and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Rage Regulation and When It Serves YouDeep dive
- Difficult ConversationsGlossary term
- Active ListeningGlossary term