Why good people become bad bosses

TED Business |

A TED Original Podcast

• September 2025

You’ve probably had a bad boss, but you might not realize how easy it is to become one. Leadership experts Jamie Woolf and Christopher Bell unpack “power blindness” — how authority can warp your perspective — and share smart, practical ways to break the cycle of toxic bosses for good. After the talk, Modupe shares one more exercise to help you become a better boss. This is an episode of TED Business, a podcast from the TED Audio Collective