Bio
Clinical psychologist and founder of Good Inside, a parenting company whose frameworks transfer cleanly into leadership. Public reference voice for repair-as-primary-relationship-strategy, MGI (Most Generous Interpretation), and the discipline of separating behaviour from identity in feedback conversations.
Operating themes
- Repair over perfection. Trust is built by post-rupture repair, not by avoiding rupture.
- Most Generous Interpretation. The lens that produces interventions instead of grievance.
- Separate behaviour from identity. "This is a good person who shipped late."
- Sturdy leadership over happy leadership. "This is hard and I can do hard things."
Cards
- Secure relationships are built by repair after rupture, not by avoiding rupture — Trust compounds through high-frequency repair after rupture [Tier A]
- When addressing a behavior, name explicitly that identity is not on trial — Hold identity off the table when addressing behaviour [Tier B]
- Adopt the Most Generous Interpretation of frustrating behaviour to find the real intervention — Run MGI before deciding the response to frustrating behaviour [Tier B]
Sources captured
- 2026-04-28 — Lenny's Podcast, "Good Inside leadership, repair, MGI, behavior vs identity" (
raw/podcasts/becky-kennedy--good-inside-leadership--2026-04-28.md)
External
- Good Inside: https://www.goodinside.com