When Things Get Hard: Why Friction Matters, and How to Persevere with Dr. Giselle Farrell

What happens when children don’t get enough opportunities to struggle, make mistakes, recover, and try again? What are the implications for the workplace when they grow up? Dr. Giselle Farrell joins Jamie and Sonja to explore how childhood development sets the stage for success (or failure) in our careers, friendships, and families. From the lingering social-emotional effects of COVID to the need for psychological safety, feedback, resilience, and an ability to handle difficult things, the conversation winds through what we are gaining and losing as we embed technology ever further into our professional and personal lives. They also touch on one of today's most pressing issues, AI’s complicated new role in human development: can AI clear the way to help us communicate with greater empathy and self-awareness without replacing the very human skills we need the friction to practice? Ultimately, the conversation asks what it takes to create schools, workplaces, and communities where people can be both supported and challenged to grow.