Podcast Episodes

70. Ideas Fuel Innovation: Why Your First Ideas Aren’t Always the Best

Season 4

What’s the secret to coming up with good ideas? For Jeremy Utley, it’s about generating as many as possible. 

The director of executive education at the Stanford d.school, Utley says, “very few proble…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

69. Feeling Nervous? How Anxiety Can Fuel Better Communication

Season 4

Stress, anxiety, nervousness — when these feelings inevitably arise, lecturer Kelly McGonigal says it’s not about making them go away, but using them to your advantage.

“What I have come to value abou…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

68. Directive vs. Dialogue: Communicating Better as a Leader

Season 4

As the dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business, Dean Jon Levin knows the importance of crafting the right message and sharing it in the right way. But, as he says, one of the biggest challenges …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

67. What Is Normal? How Culture Affects Communication Styles

Season 4

Why do we drive on only one side of the road? Why don’t we sing in libraries? Why wear a swimsuit?

For Professor Michele Gelfand, it all comes down to culture. As a cross-cultural psychologist, Gelfan…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

66. Rethinks: Lessons from Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman to Help You Hack your Speaking Anxiety

Season 4

“There’s no difference between the physiological response to something that you’re excited about and something that you’re nervous about or dreading,” says Andrew Huberman associate professor of neur…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

65. Ties That Bind: Why Remote and Hybrid Teams Need the Right Connection

Season 4

“We need to be much more adaptive in the way we think about hybrid work,” says Michael Arena. “Experiment, experiment, experiment.”

Innovation relies on teams connecting in very specific ways. But are…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

64. Rethinks: Techniques for Managing Your Reputation

Season 4

How others perceive us in person and via social media can impact our careers and social standing. But we can build the reputation we want through conscious communication.

On this episode, strategic co…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

63. Cheap Talk: What Economics Has to Say About Communication

Season 4

Your words — are they credible? Or are they what Paul Oyer calls “cheap talk?”

According to professor of economics Paul Oyer, how our words align with our actions isn’t just a matter of communication,…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

62. Rethinks: Summer Learning Series, How Humor Can Be a Secret Weapon in Communication

Season 4

In the kickoff to our Summer Learning Series, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes. This interview features Stanford GSB faculty members Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas and gives specific …

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

61. Courage, Ambiguity, Belonging and Data: How to Design Your Communication for Success

Season 4

All communication comes from a place of creativity and creativity is rooted in design. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, strategic communications lecturer and podcast host Matt Abrahams inte…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago