19. Showing Your Smile From Behind a Mask: How Culture and Emotion Impact Communication
“In companies, you’re interacting with other people who come from different cultural contexts, and in order to be effective, you have to understand how much of your own communication and other people’...
11 Sep 202023min
18. Managing in the Moment: How to Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
“The less time you can spend dwelling on your mistakes, the more mental energy you can devote to doing what you need to do in that moment.” On this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Christian Wheeler...
28 Aug 202029min
17. Think Fast: You Asked, We Answered
We asked listeners to send in their communication conundrums and ended up with an inbox full of thoughtful, specific questions. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, host and Stanford GSB lecture...
13 Aug 202018min
16. Quick Thinks: How to Craft Your Body Language When Confronting Objections
Knowing what to say to a skeptical audience is paramount, but how can your body language communicate empathy, openness, and power? In this Quick Thinks episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, we revisit Ma...
31 Jul 20205min
15. The Art of Negotiation: How to Get More of What You Want
Whether we realize it or not, we negotiate everyday. But when we approach these situations as a win-or-lose battle, we’re already showing resistance, and setting ourselves up for difficulty. But what ...
16 Jul 202014min
14. Be Better At Work: How to Communicate Better With Coworkers and Employees
Most of the work we do requires coordinating and collaborating with others. But how can we ensure the benefits of working with others, while avoiding conflict that’s inherent to communicating within g...
2 Jul 202022min
13. Make ’Em Laugh: How to Use Humor as a Secret Weapon in Your Communication
Humor does more than just make people laugh. It allows you to connect with your audience, diffuse tension, elevate status, and compel others to your point of view. Humor can also help you and your mes...
22 Jun 202025min
12. It's Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It: How To Communicate Power
Power exists in every relationship — whether we like that idea or not — and to be effective in any role, power needs to be understood. In this episode, Matt Abrahams sits down with Professor of Organi...
5 Jun 202018min
