Brené Brown

Research Professor, University of Houston · 1 appearance on the record.

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Brené Brown is a researcher who spent over two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, gaining prominence following her 2010 TEDx talk. She has authored multiple bestselling books and hosts the podcasts Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead.

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The record, in short

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Assertion Supported

Brené Brown Celebrates 25 Years of Continuous Sobriety

“I mean, I'm just, two weeks ago, just celebrated 25 years sober, so this was a long time ago.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 2:27 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

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Insight

Brown: Jack Welch's hire-and-fire management fails to deliver predictable performance

“You know, the Welchian approach to performance is higher fire, and there's just carnage from that, but there's not just people's lives that are ruined. There's no consistent, predictable performance.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 6:44 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

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Brown: Data shows celebrating achievements prevents burnout without slowing employees down

“We have zero data that show when we recognize people, when we're grateful, when we celebrate a moment, that people stop working hard. In fact, all the data say the opposite. The data say that when we Slow down. Show gratitude. Celebrate small moments. It actua…”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 12:44 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

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Brown: Organizations cannot build safe vulnerability without prioritizing representation

“I've never seen it in an organization where representation is not a priority.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 20:52 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brown: True courage is impossible without a willingness to be vulnerable

“At some point we've got to reconcile that we will never truly be courageous if we're never willing to be vulnerable.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 5:05 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brené Brown: Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation and creativity

“You know, vulnerability is the birthplace of love, of belonging, of intimacy, of innovation, of creativity, accountability.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 9:39 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brown: Joy is the most vulnerable human emotion

“The most vulnerable emotion we experience is joy. . Joy can be almost terrifying for us because we're so afraid that if we let ourselves lean into it or feel it, we will be sucker punched by pain or disappointment.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 9:52 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brown: Vulnerability without boundaries is just oversharing and desperation

“Vulnerability minus boundaries is not vulnerability. It's, you know, it's oversharing. It's like desperation.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 14:21 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brené Brown: Fear of Failure and Innovation Are Mutually Exclusive

“If there's a fear of failure, if there's a fear of mistakes, that's a choice, but do not expect high levels of innovation and creativity because those things are mutually exclusive.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 17:10 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brené Brown: Trauma's primary casualty is the willingness to be vulnerable

“The first and probably most devastating casualty of trauma is the ability or willingness to be vulnerable.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 18:16 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brown: Toughness in leadership means choosing clarity over being liked

“Toughness is understanding that clear is kind and unclear is unkind. It's choosing To do what you believe is right over being liked.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 22:23 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brown: Founders are inherently vulnerable the moment they start a business

“I think a entrepreneur and a startup and someone who's in a startup asking themselves, should I be vulnerable? Too late. You just started a business. Too late. You're already vulnerable, so learn how to do it well.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 23:40 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brown: Daring leadership means committing to getting it right, not being right

“Number one, being a knower and being right is armored leadership. Being a learner and being committed to getting it right, that's vulnerable. That's daring leadership.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 24:01 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brown: Do not start a business if unwilling to master tough conversations

“Don't start a business if you are not willing to skill up around having tough conversations.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 24:44 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Insight

Brown: Giving advice signals that others lack answers while leaders have them

“When you go into advice giving mode, you're really sending a message that you don't have the answer and I do.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 30:12 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

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Brown: 95% of parents experience foreboding joy and dress-rehearse tragedy

“You know, and the answer is about 95% of parents, because we trick ourselves into believing that if we dress, rehearse tragedy, then when something bad happens, it will hurt us less.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 10:28 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

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Brown: Research shows practicing gratitude is the common factor in experiencing joy

“The antidote to that is actually, we found in the research, the folks who can lean fully into joy have one thing in common. My hypothesis was spirituality, but I was wrong. It was actually gratitude.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 11:13 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

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Brown: Every corporate leadership meeting during the pandemic involved crying

“I can't even tell you that over the past year, I don't think I've had a single meeting with a group of leaders where people weren't crying by the end of it, myself included sometimes.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 25:43 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Assertion Supported

Brené Brown Celebrates 25 Years of Continuous Sobriety

“I mean, I'm just, two weeks ago, just celebrated 25 years sober, so this was a long time ago.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 2:27 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

Disclosure

Brené Brown Used Addictive Behaviors to Outrun Vulnerability and Uncertainty

“I just think anything, anything that I could use to outrun or outsmart feeling uncertain and at risk and out of control was my thing.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 3:16 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

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Brené Brown: Research Dataset Surpassed 500,000 Data Points

“We just crossed, you know, just crossed the 500,000 pieces of data mark in our research.”

Brené Brown Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 4:40 Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown

The other half of the tape: Brené Brown's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 12 times in 8 episodes on How I Built This. every mention, with the transcript →

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