How to build a team that can “take a punch” | Hilary Gridley (Head of Core Product, Whoop)
A Lenny's Podcast conversation with Hilary Gridley, head of core product at Whoop, on how to build a team that can take a punch: handling hard feedback, earning your place in meetings, doing hard things and understanding other people's worldviews. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 115 minutes and the available caption text is cut off, so this summary covers roughly the first 40 percent and may miss later topics. Her examples are her own. This is a summary of her views, not professional or medical advice.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
A Lenny's Podcast conversation with Hilary Gridley, head of core product at Whoop, on how to build a team that can take a punch: handling hard feedback, earning your place in meetings, doing hard things and understanding other people's worldviews. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 115 minutes and the available caption text is cut off, so this summary covers roughly the first 40 percent and may miss later topics. Her examples are her own. This is a summary of her views, not professional or medical advice.
Key Takeaways
Learning to take a punch
Gridley says the theme is helping people deal with hard things and build hard things, and that she has been drawn to regulated areas and products with high emotional stakes.