Ruchi Sinha

We negotiate all the time at work -- for raises, promotions, time off -- and we usually go into it like it's a battle. But it's not about dominating, says organizational psychologist Ruchi Sinha. It's about crafting a relationship, and understanding both your needs and the other person's. Her three key steps will help you master this essential skill. After the talk, hear author and academic Linda Babcock and our host Modupe Akinola discuss navigating these challenging conversations – and how organizations can make outcomes more equitable. We love making TED Business, and we want to make it better. So if you have a few minutes, share your thoughts at surveynerds.com/ted

We negotiate all the time at work -- for raises, promotions, time off -- and we usually go into it like it's a battle. But it's not about dominating, says organizational psychologist Ruchi Sinha. It's about crafting a relationship, and understanding both your needs and the other person's. Her three key steps will help you master this essential skill. After the talk, hear author and academic Linda Babcock and our host Modupe Akinola discuss navigating these challenging conversations – and how organizations can make outcomes more equitable. We love making TED Business, and we want to make it better. So if you have a few minutes, share your thoughts at surveynerds.com/ted

We negotiate all the time at work -- for raises, promotions, time off -- and we usually go into it like it's a battle. But it's not about dominating, says organizational psychologist Ruchi Sinha. It's about crafting a relationship, understanding your needs and the other person's. Her three key steps will help you master this essential skill.

We negotiate all the time at work -- for raises, promotions, time off -- and we usually go into it like it's a battle. But it's not about dominating, says organizational psychologist Ruchi Sinha. It's about crafting a relationship, understanding your needs and the other person's. Her three key steps will help you master this essential skill.

Were you surprised by the COVID-19 pandemic? If you were (and I was), you haven’t been paying attention. Pandemics are constantly threatening: in the past few decades we have had HIV, MERS, SARS, H1N1, Zika, and Ebola. Mike Osterholm is the Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, and the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has advised the past 5 US government administrations and has written a truly fascinating book “Deadliest Enemy”, available at all good bookshops which pay their taxes (that one’s aimed at you, Amazon). Ruchi Sinha is a consultant Paediatric Intensivist at St Mary’s Hospital, London, and a member of the UK High Consequence Infectious Disease panel. She is also a friend of this podcast having been interviewed what seems like an unimaginably long time ago (last November) in PicPod 33. Is this pandemic the Big One? How should we react to it now? What is going to happen in the future with this pandemic, or the next one? What are the solutions we can put in place now, to keep us safe(r) for the next time? How would it have been different if it had been a disease of children instead of adults? Does it help to have a joined up healthcare system? What does Ruchi think of what she said 7 months ago? And much, much more.

Ruchi Sinha is a consultant in PICU in St Mary’s, London, where she works in conjunction with the infectious diseases team to plan the UK’s response to High Consequence Infectious Diseases. These are the scary ones: Ebola, Hantavirus, Lassa Fever, the novel coronaviruses, etc. These are the diseases which have a high mortality and a rapid spread. The news is full of the novel coronavirus in China, and its rapid spread throughout the world. How is the UK set up for these? Can we cope? How should a paediatric intensive care deal with such a patient? Should they be offered full intensive care? If we do, is it physically possible? What are the risks to the health care staff? And what happens if it all truly hits the fan? Scary diseases, scary thoughts. But we all need to have thought of them before it happens.