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99. Rethinks: How to Handle Challenging Conversations
Season 4
Being a better listener has a lot to do with silence, says Collins Dobbs, a lecturer in management at Stanford Graduate School of Business. “A lot of people are uncomfortable with the smallest modicu…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
98. Give It to Me Straight: How to Give Honest, Constructive Feedback
Season 4
How do we deal with professional blind spots? According to David Dodson, MBA ’87, we need the panoramic perspective of those who work around us.
“360 reviews, done properly, are a massive competitive…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
97. No Rules, No Trust: How Accountability Shapes Communication
Season 4
Communication is like a game. For it to work, each person has to trust that their partner will play by the rules. As Professor Anat Admati says, the same is true for corporations and their stakeholde…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
96. Rock and Role: How Assigning Gender to Inanimate Objects Influences Us
Season 4
Why is a boat a “she?” Why give names like Alexa or Siri to inanimate pieces of software? According to assistant professor of organizational behavior Ashley Martin, ascribing gender to everyday objec…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
95. The Power of No: How Boundaries Help Us Live More Empowered Lives
Season 4
Saying no can seem risky. We worry about offending others, damaging relationships, or hurting our own reputation. But as Vanessa Patrick says, no is an empowering word that gives us greater agency in…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
94. LEADing ideas: Research-Backed Tips and Tools from Four Stanford Professors
Season 4
Breaking new ground, Think Fast, Talk Smart steps into the world of live events, bringing together an eager audience of LEAD students from Stanford University and a top-notch panel of former podcast …
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
93. All the Feels: The Personal and Professional Power of Emotional Awareness
Season 4
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 2 years, 6 months ago
92. No Regrets: How to Take Risks in Your Communication, Relationships, and Career
Season 4
“What people regret over time are things they didn't do. They didn't take that trip, they didn't ask that person out on a date. They didn't start that business,” says former political speech writer a…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
91. Um, Like, So: How Filler Words Can Create More Connected, Effective Communication
Season 4
We’re often advised not to use “um” or “uh”, or “so” and “you know” in our communication. But linguist Valerie Fridland might argue otherwise. “Language is about how we encode both the linguistic mes…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
90. Rethinks: Brains Love Stories – How Leveraging Neuroscience Can Capture People’s Emotions
Season 4
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, lecturer and podcast host Matt Abrahams sits down with David Eagleman, a neuroscientist and the host of the PBS series The Brain, to discuss why our brains …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago