“What Does a Successful White Guy in Tech Know About Self Doubt?” - Richard Harshman

A story about this episode - months ago, when I first explained the concept of Tiger Therapy to Tigerhall CEO Nellie Wartoft, almost the first thing out her mouth was “you have to speak to Rick Harshman.”

Originally from the US, Richard “Rick” Harshman has had a string of major leadership roles in tech across Asia Pacific and Japan. Most recently he was President and SVP at UiPath, prior to this, MD at Google Cloud and Head of ASEAN at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

What struck me about this, is I would never have picked someone with his profile for a conversation about self doubt. After all, surely a successful, white man in tech is the most confident breed of person on Earth? (Putting my hand up here to own my bias.)

Nellie knew something I didn’t - that Rick is incredibly reflective, self aware and has a very nuanced and considered attitude to self doubt.

We cover family, culture, burnout, imposter syndrome, leadership during Covid - and much more. 

Thanks so much Rick for coming on Tiger Therapy. I loved our conversation!

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