UNCOMPETE

From showing us how to tap into our benign envy, to investigating our cultural norms, and rewriting the rules to lift everyone up, UNCOMPETE is a radical reset of our minds that helps us cultivate abundance, find genuine joy in others' victories, and embody the belief that there is room for all of us to succeed.

The need to compete is deeply ingrained in every aspect of our lives and work. It's often viewed as a positive: we are told it motivates us to do our best, to work hard, that it drives innovation and excellence. But what if that's a lie? What if, in reality, competition causes more harm than good: exhaustion, anxiety, burnout, and an isolating lack of community. It encourages a scarcity mindset and keeps us from reaching our true potential. Drawing on Malhotra's own experiences working with corporations as a sought-after inclusion strategist, as well as interviews from business and community leaders and the latest research data, UNCOMPETE offers a new framework for building a culture of collaboration, solidarity, and mutuality. It's a framework that yields not only a happier workplace, but a far more successful one, and it can transform our work and our lives. Ruchika T. Malhotra is a highly sought-after author and public speaker, and is the founder of Candour, a global inclusion strategy firm that has worked with The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Pixar, and Microsoft. She is the author of Inclusion on Purpose (MIT Press, 2022), MIT Press' top selling book of 2022. Malhotra is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and was a founding editor of The Establishment, a women-funded-and-led media website, has written for The New York Times, Forbes.com, TIME, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Quartz, The Seattle Times, and more. She is an active investor in various women-founded ventures, including Armoire, Graham & Walker VC and Backstage Capital. She has been an adjunct faculty in Communications at University of Washington and Seattle University. A global citizen and Singaporean foodie, Ruchika currently calls Seattle home.