97. No Rules, No Trust: How Accountability Shapes Communication
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 stakeholder...
11 Jul 202324min
96. Rock and Role: How Assigning Gender to Inanimate Objects Influences Us
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 object...
27 Jun 202330min
95. The Power of No: How Boundaries Help Us Live More Empowered Lives
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 ...
20 Jun 202330min
94. LEADing ideas: Research-Backed Tips and Tools from Four Stanford Professors
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 g...
13 Jun 202333min
93. All the Feels: The Personal and Professional Power of Emotional Awareness
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 Interperson...
6 Jun 202322min
92. No Regrets: How to Take Risks in Your Communication, Relationships, and Career
“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 an...
30 Mai 202330min
91. Um, Like, So: How Filler Words Can Create More Connected, Effective Communication
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 mess...
23 Mai 202334min
90. Rethinks: Brains Love Stories – How Leveraging Neuroscience Can Capture People’s Emotions
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 a...
16 Mai 202325min
