Why the smartest person in the room is asking the “dumb” questions | from TED Business

Why the smartest person in the room is asking the “dumb” questions | from TED Business

One of our favorite TED talks on TED Business is from company builder Molly Graham. She’s also the new host of WorkLife with Molly Graham, another podcast from TED. Modupe sits down with Molly at TED2026 to talk about her journey from Facebook to giving her first TED Talk to now joining TED as a podcaster. Molly shares how she quietens her inner critic whom she affectionately calls “Bob the Monster,” what she learned from working alongside influential leaders to scale companies, and why she always advises  managers to “give away their Legos.” For the full text transcript, visit https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

What is your company culture (and why does it matter)? with Mike Schroepfer

Most leaders say culture matters. Far fewer can explain how it's actually built. Mike Schroepfer spent more than a decade helping build Facebook's engineering organization during some of its fastest—and messiest—years of growth. As CTO, he helped shape a culture built around learning, experimentation, and moving quickly. In this episode, Mike discusses why great cultures aren't created through values decks or mission statements, how leaders teach people what matters through their behavior, and why the difference between a learning culture and a blame culture can determine an organization’s success. If culture is what happens when something goes wrong, this conversation is about how to build one that gets stronger under pressure. Featured guest * Follow Mike Schroepfer on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/schrep/] * Learn more about Gigascale Capital [https://gigascale.com/] Connect with the team * Follow Molly on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/molly_graham/], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mograham/], and at glueclub.com/ [https://www.glueclub.com/] * Subscribe to Molly’s Substack Lesson [https://mollyg.substack.com/] * Watch WorkLife videos on YouTube at TEDAudioCollective [https://www.youtube.com/TEDAudioCollective] * Follow TED on X [https://x.com/TEDTalks], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ted], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TED], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences/], and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks] For the full text transcript, visit https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Why success is never linear with Claire Hughes Johnson

It’s easy to look at successful companies and other people’s successful careers and assume the path was obvious. The reality is that success feels messy. Claire Hughes Johnson, former COO of Stripe, joins Molly to explore how difficult moments distort our perspective and why some of the work we're proudest of often felt like failure while we were living it. Together they discuss resilience, uncertainty, leadership under pressure, and how to make decisions when you can't yet tell whether you're struggling or succeeding. For the full text transcript, visit https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

FAQ: How to disagree productively, know which hills to die on, and find your mentors with Ashley Murphy

In fast-changing companies, some things move so fast that you rarely have time to consult the business books when questions arise. Welcome to Frequently Asked Questions, a segment on WorkLife where Molly answers questions from listeners about the topics they confront in real time. In this episode, Molly is joined by Ashley Murphy, a key member of Molly’s team and one of the people that helped create Glue Club, a leadership development community that Molly and her team run focused on helping leaders feel more confident and less lonely at work. These questions are based on common questions from the community that Molly and Ashley thought would be relevant for the WorkLife audience as well – tips for working productively with a boss you don’t always agree with, knowing when it’s time to seek out an executive coach, and struggling to pitch yourself to prospective employers if you don’t fit into a traditional box. Featured guest * Follow Ashley Murphy on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyprincemurphy/] * Learn more about Glue Club [https://glueclub.com/] Connect with the team * Follow Molly on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/molly_graham/], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mograham/], and at glueclub.com/ [https://www.glueclub.com/] * Subscribe to Molly’s Substack Lesson [https://mollyg.substack.com/] * Watch WorkLife videos on YouTube at TEDAudioCollective [https://www.youtube.com/TEDAudioCollective] * Follow TED on X [https://x.com/TEDTalks], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ted], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TED], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences/], and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks] For the full text transcript, visit https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How to find your purpose (w/ Master Fixer Molly Graham) | from Fixable

What is your true purpose—and how do you find it? This month, Anne and Frances are tackling one of life’s biggest questions in search of answers for Fixers of all ages, from fresh graduates charting their first career moves to seasoned executives craving something more. In this episode, Anne sits down with Molly Graham, a former executive at Facebook and the new host of TED’s WorkLife podcast, to explore what it means to pursue meaningful work and stay open to opportunities you never saw coming. They also answer a question from a new graduate about finding your purpose somewhere between work and life.  For the full text transcript, visit https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.