56. Lean Messaging: How Simple Messages Really Stick
“Anyone can make a complicated thing sound complicated. It takes real skill to make it sound simple.” This episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart features Steve Blank, seasoned entrepreneur, marketer, and ...
12 Apr 202219min
55. Ideas & Empathy: How to Design and Communicate with Others in Mind
“Very often, you are not designing for yourself. And you kind of have to get out of your own way to effectively design with others’ needs in mind.”In this podcast episode, lecturer Matt Abrahams is jo...
29 Mars 202219min
54. Leadership and Ethics: How to Communicate Your Core Values
“A mistake that some leaders make is to assume that the people in your organization share your core values. Some of the time some of them do, but there's a bunch who don't, and those are the most diff...
15 Mars 202223min
53. Step Up and Stand Out: How to Create the Right Environment for Communication
“You’re not going to hit the mark with everybody, but you still need to be mindful of everybody,” says Jonathan Levav, the King Philanthropies Professor of Marketing. “That’s critical to create an env...
1 Mars 202220min
52. Communicating Our Mistakes: How to Avoid Common Flaws and Make Better Decisions
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, host Matt Abrahams sits down with finance professors Jonathan Berk and Jules van Binsbergen to talk about their new podcast, All Else Equal.Connect:Premium S...
16 Feb 202220min
51. We Asked, You Answered: Celebrating our 50th Episode with your Anxiety Management Plans
In this 50th episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, host Matt Abrahams and executive producer Jenny Luna share the winners' plans from our Confident Communicator Challenge and offer new, research-backed t...
10 Feb 202211min
50. Telling Good Stories: How to Use the Elements of Narrative to Keep Listeners Engaged
“Make them want to turn the page,” says Paula Moya, a professor at Stanford University and author of The Social Imperative: Race, Close Reading, and Contemporary Literary Criticism. In this episode of...
2 Feb 202218min
49. Make Numbers Count: How to Communicate Data Effectively
“We have to make data emotional because emotions are what drive us to act,” says Chip Heath, a professor of organizational behavior and author of the new book, Making Numbers Count: The Art of Science...
18 Jan 202217min
