64. Rethinks: Techniques for Managing Your Reputation
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 com...
2 Aug 202220min
63. Cheap Talk: What Economics Has to Say About Communication
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, ...
18 Jul 202220min
62. Rethinks: Summer Learning Series, How Humor Can Be a Secret Weapon in Communication
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 i...
5 Jul 202233min
61. Courage, Ambiguity, Belonging and Data: How to Design Your Communication for Success
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 inter...
21 Jun 202236min
60. Communicating Uncertainty: How to Connect With Your Audience, Even When The Answers Aren’t Clear
“It's not reassuring when we don't know the answers to critically important questions involved in health and wellbeing. But it's far more of a problem if we try to pretend we do.” In this episode of T...
7 Jun 202219min
59. From Dreaming to Doing: How We Set and Achieve Goals
Why do we do what we do? What factors drive us? And how do things like competition with others help us achieve our goals?These are the questions most interesting to Szu-chi Huang, an associate profess...
24 Mai 202222min
58. Forgiveness: How the Right Communication Repairs Relationships
In relationships between imperfect people, mistakes are inevitable. And when we find ourselves with damaged connections, it’s a specific kind of communication that can help us make amends.Fred Luskin ...
10 Mai 202220min
57. Are You Listening?: How to Stay Open and Curious to Other People’s Ideas
“Listening actively and deeply happens when I genuinely believe that the person who's speaking has intrinsic worth and brings a perspective that I lack and need.”This episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart...
26 Apr 202218min
