• Episode 011: Bryce Hoffman on Red Team Thinking 

  • Dec 20 2021
  • Length: 59 mins
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Episode 011: Bryce Hoffman on Red Team Thinking 

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  • Welcome to another episode of The Thinking Leader podcast, brought to you by Red Team Thinking. In this episode, Red Team Thinking Vice President Marcus Dimbleby turns the table on Bryce and interviews him, discussing the origins of red teaming, why we need more critical thinking, how to enable distributed decision making and create psychological safety in your organization, why leaders need to listen, and why new ways of working can’t work without new ways of thinking.  Bryce Hoffman is a bestselling author and speaker, as well as the president of Red Team Thinking. Bryce calls himself an “unconsultant” and teaches organizations and individuals around the world how to engage critical thinking, enable distributed decision making, and encourage diversity of thought. Prior to founding Red Team Thinking, Bryce spent 22 years working as a financial journalist. In 2015, he became the first and only civilian from outside government to graduate from the U.S. Army’s elite red team leader training program, then worked with renowned business leaders from around the world to develop a model for business red teaming that evolved to become Red Team Thinking.  In addition to his work with Red Team Thinking, Bryce lectures on red teaming worldwide, including at U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Warwick Business School, and the National University of Singapore.      Top 10 Takeaways:  01:58 What is Red Team Thinking?  11:05 How Bryce learned about Red Team Thinking.  16:46 What is the difference between red teaming and Red Team Thinking?  20:59 Decision making should be a practice, not a process.  23:53 How to foster real diversity and inclusion – not just tokenism.  26:13 New ways of working require new ways of thinking.  27:24 Don't outsource thinking!  41:24 Daniel Kahneman and Red Team Thinking.    48:10 Leaders have to have the courage to ask the tough questions – and listen to the answers.  53:13 How to become a "thinking leader."         Mentioned in this episode:  Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything, by Bryce G. Hoffman  American Icon: Alan Mulally and the fight to Save Ford Motor Company, by Bryce G. Hoffman  9/11 Commission Report  CIA Director George Tenet  Red Cell  General Peter Schoomaker  University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies  Alan Mulally, Ford Motor Company  Detroit News  Dr. Daniel Kahneman  Dr. Gary Klein  Dave Snowden  Barry O’Reilly      Find Out More  Sign up for Bryce’s newsletter  Connect with Bryce on LinkedIn  Connect with Marcus on LinkedIn  Follow Bryce on Twitter  Follow Marcus on Twitter 
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