Podcast Episodes

138. Speak Your Truth: Why Authenticity Leads to Better Communication

Season 5

From the way you communicate, to the way build your life and career, Graham Weaver, MBA ’99, says it’s about “giving yourself permission to fully be yourself. You can never go wrong when you’re sayin…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

137. When Words Aren’t Enough: How to Excel at Nonverbal Communication

Season 5

If communication is like painting, words are the primary colors. But to convey deeper meaning, we need a broader color palette, which Dana Carney says requires the mastery of nonverbal communication.…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

136. The Art of Disagreeing Without Conflict: Navigating the Nuance

Season 5

Disagreement and conflict may look the same on the surface, but the two concepts are, in fact, very different. According to Julia Minson, knowing how these notions differ is crucial to how you approa…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

135. Rethinks: The Personal and Professional Power of Emotional Awareness

Season 5

How are you feeling right now? According to Celine Teoh, we all need to ask ourselves that question more often — and be more precise in how we answer it.

Teoh is a facilitator of the course Interperso…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

134. How to Chat with Bots: The Secrets to Getting the Information You Need from AI

Season 5

Join Matt Abrahams with creativity and innovation experts Jeremy Utley and Kian Gohar to explore the transformative potential of AI in the realms of creativity and problem-solving. 

If you treat artif…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

133. From Good to Super: How Supercommunicators Unlock the Language of Connection

Season 5

Across more than 130 episodes, Think Fast, Talk Smart has touched a lot on what it takes to be a good communicator. But what about reaching that next level? What about being a “supercommunicator”? Su…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

132. Lean Into Failure: How to Make Mistakes That Work

Season 5

Effective and productive teams and relationships are based on the ability to communicate safely and to fail successfully. In this episode, Amy Edmondson, a professor at Harvard Business School and au…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

131. Friction Fixing: How to Use Obstacles to Your Advantage

Season 5

Friction — that’s Professor Huggy Rao’s metaphor for the forces that hamper workplace efficiency. But as he says, some friction can be helpful — if you know how to use it.

In his book, The Friction Pr…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

130. Rethinks: How to Maintain a Powerful Presence in Your Communication

Season 5

“Simple language, forceful language, vivid language, and keeping it simple and direct,” says Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer, are all powerful tools to strengthen your communication.

Host and Stanford Gradu…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

129. Connect Deeply: How to Communicate So People Feel Seen and Heard

Season 5

All too often, we communicate without really connecting. The key to building deep connections with others, says David Brooks, is to make them feel seen and heard.

Brooks is a writer for the New York T…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago