Harvard professor Alison Wood Brooks shares groundbreaking research on conversation skills, revealing her TALK framework and why we should embrace sensitive questions.
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<p dir="ltr">Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 520, an interview with the author of <em>TALK: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves,</em> Alison Wood Brooks.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode, Alison shares how her experiences at Harvard sh ... Show More
<p dir="ltr">You talk all day. Here's how to do it better, according to a professor from Harvard Business School.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://alisonwoodbrooks.com/">Alison Wood Brooks</a> comes from the Harvard Business School, where she teaches a course called "<a href= "h ... Show More