Parhaat Think Fast Talk Smart Podcastit (2024)

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171. Advice from Nontraditional Storytellers Part 2 20:06

6h ago20:06

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Make your audience a part of the story. Great storytellers don't just relay information — they create experiences. As magicians, TikTok influencers, and stand-up comedians, these masters of engagement know that true connection happens when you make your audience a part of the story. In part…

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170. Advice from Nontraditional Storytellers Part 1 15:16

2d ago15:16

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Wisdom from the witness stand to the newsstand. The best storytellers might not call themselves storytellers at all. But from litigating in the courtroom to crafting newspaper cartoons, these experts know how to weave narratives that resonate. In part one of this special two-part series, ho…

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169. Don't Be a ZQ: Make Your Conversations Count 24:40

9d ago24:40

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. What makes a great conversation? “Many of us dread small talk,” says Harvard Business School professor and author Alison Wood Brooks. Yet she believes these everyday exchanges are the gateway to deeper connection and opportunity. An expert in the science of conversation, Wood Brooks, tea…

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Launching: Think Fast Talk Smart Premium 2:33

14d ago2:33

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Introducing our new Premium membership, designed to enhance communication and career skills with expanded content and tools. Enjoy early access to live events, AMAs (Ask Matt Anything), eQuips—Essential Quick Insight Playlists—Extended Deep Thinks episodes, and the AI Chat Matt tool. The focus is on building a global community where members can con…

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168. How Story Can Change Everything in Your Career 24:13

16d ago24:13

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Make your message memorable. “Immediately forgettable” — that’s how Matthew Dicks describes most of the business communication that he encounters. If you want to be remembered, he says, it’s time to tell stories. A veteran elementary school teacher, storytelling coach, and best-selling auth…

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167. Hollywood Lessons For Successful Communication 22:25

23d ago22:25

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Beyond the Big Screen. Every business meeting, product launch, or marketing communication has something in common with your favorite movie: they all succeed or fail based on their ability to make you feel something. Just ask Jeff Small, CEO of Amblin Partners. "Good stories win," says Small…

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166. Why Relying on Talent Alone Will Fail You 19:20

1M ago19:20

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Why practice is the key to success. If there’s anyone who knows about performing under pressure, it’s former NFL quarterback Andrew Luck. Whether playing in front of thousands or presenting to ten, his key to success is practice. "There's a romantic notion that you rise to the occasion," sa…

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165. Building Your Personal Brand Makes a Promise: Are You Keeping It? 22:15

1M ago22:15

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Create more meaningful communication by defining your audience. Before you even think about communicating a message, defining a brand, or developing a strategy, Seth Godin says you have to ask these questions: “Who’s it for? What’s it for? And what’s the change [you] seek to make?” As a bes…

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164. Rethink: Using "Pre-suasion" to Influence Others 28:47

1M ago28:47

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. The inner workings of social influence and persuasion. Want to change someone’s mind? First, explains Robert Cialdini, you have to change their framing. For Cialdini, the Regent's Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University, persuasion begins before we even de…

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163. Is Your Audience Ignoring You? How Authenticity Creates Connection 19:22

2M ago19:22

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. How acceptance and authenticity can transform all of our interactions. What’s the key to experiencing deeper connection in our communication? According to Alan Alda, it starts with acceptance — of others and ourselves. "Connecting, communicating, and clarity," Alda explains, "they're all ba…

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162. Unlock Career Opportunities: How to Make the Right Moves 19:22

2M ago19:22

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Being present in the moment and staying open to whatever unfolds. We all want to lead lives and careers full of joy and fulfillment. Maggie Baird certainly has, and the key, she says, is to stay open to new possibilities and “let your passion lead.” Baird is an accomplished actress, improv …

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Bonus: How to Manage Speaking Anxiety the Think Faster, Talk Smarter Way 20:28

2M ago20:28

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Gain control over your speaking and excel in your communication. For the first anniversary of his book Think Faster, Talk Smarter, Matt Abrahams shares strategies from the first chapter, focusing on managing speaking anxiety and improving spontaneous communication. Through personal anecdote…

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161. Do Your Homework: Know What to Say by Knowing Who You’re Talking To 21:48

2M ago21:48

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Know your audience and tailor the message for them. In high-stakes communication, every word counts. For Jen Psaki, that means knowing who she’s talking to — so she knows just what to say. As the former White House Press Secretary and current host of Inside with Jen Psaki on MSNBC, Psaki ha…

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160. Rethink: How to Communicate Your Gameplan 25:25

2M ago25:25

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Why organizational strategy can be both top-down and bottom-up. As Professor Jesper Sørensen sees it, a winning strategy is the result of conversations, not commands, and that strategy can be directed from the C-suite, but it doesn’t have to be. “Lots of great strategies are discovered,” he…

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159. Earn Your Audience: You Can’t Lead If No One’s Listening 20:24

3M ago20:24

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. What it takes to develop as a leader. Great leaders and great communicators aren't born, they're made. That's why John Hennessy and Tina Seelig, directors of Stanford University’s Knight-Hennessy Scholars, are working to create the great storytellers of tomorrow, today. "We decided that the…

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158. Hope for Cynics: Building Trusting Relationships through Communication 26:32

3M ago26:32

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. “Acts of trust are the bedrock on which relationships are formed.” There’s a lot in the world to make us cynical about other people and their motives and intentions. But by “trusting loudly,” Professor Jamil Zaki believes we can renew our faith in one another. Zaki is a professor of psychol…

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157. Communicating the Future: Defining Where We Want AI to Take Us 23:07

3M ago23:07

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Artificial intelligence can now do a lot of things. But if you’re worried about it taking your place as a communicator, Russ Altman says you need to question why you’re communicating in the first place. Altman is a professor of bioengineering, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for H…

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156. Creative Communication: How Our Design Choices Illustrate Our Values 25:25

3M ago25:25

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. As a designer, Scott Doorley is interested in how humans create the world around them. It’s a conversation, he says, that starts with the question: What kind of world do we want? Doorley is the creative director of the Stanford d.school and co-author of the book, Assembling Tomorrow: A Guid…

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155. Can We Be Candid? How to Communicate Clearly and Directly 17:58

4M ago17:58

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Navigators know the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. In charting a course through communication, Susan Rice says the best route is often the most direct. Throughout her career at the forefront of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Rice has been no stranger to hig…

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154. Rethink: Communicating Better as a Leader 16:59

4M ago16:59

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. "In a leadership role, so much more of communication is about connecting with people, establishing shared humanity, motivating them, inspiring them, sometimes challenging them." On August 1, 2024, Jonathan D. Levin, the tenth dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business, was appointed the P…

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153. Listen Up, Leaders: A Record-Setting Coach’s Guide to Communication 27:56

4M ago27:56

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Tara VanDerveer has more wins than any other coach in NCAA basketball history. But as she says, motivating and leading teams isn’t about barking orders. Communication, she says, “It starts, number one, with listening.” For VanDerveer, leadership isn’t about a power dynamic, but a collaborat…

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152. Fix Your Communication: Why It’s About Connection Over Perfection 36:45

4M ago36:45

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. “Anything is fixable,” say Frances Frei and Anne Morriss. As cohosts of the Fixable podcast, they’re typically the ones doing the fixing, but on this special episode, they turn to Matt Abrahams for tips on what to do when communication breaks down. Both Frei and her wife Morriss are public …

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151. Get Hired: How the Right Communication Can Advance Your Career 27:56

5M ago27:56

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Whether winning over a hiring manager or winning new business, career success often hinges on how we communicate. That’s why Andrew Seaman is on a mission to help people find the words that work — to get work. Seaman is the senior managing editor for jobs and career development at LinkedIn,…

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150. Communication Tips from the Classroom and Around the World 21:54

5M ago21:54

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Sometimes, what’s communicated to us can have a big impact on how we communicate to others. This episode explores some of the best communication advice — from experts and Think Fast, Talk Smart listeners around the world. As teachers of Strategic Communication, lecturers Shawon Jackson and …

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149. Rethink: How to Take Risks in Your Communication, Relationships, and Career 27:29

5M ago27:29

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. “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 speechwriter and author Dan Pink. “I think it’s because we are slightly over-indexed on risk. We overstate …

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148. Conviction and Compassion: How to Have Hard Conversations 28:08

5M ago28:08

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. In our personal and professional lives, some conversations are harder than others. To navigate the difficulties of discussing what matters most, Professor Irv Grousbeck says we need the right balance of conviction and compassion. At both Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Sch…

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147. Disrupt Yourself: How to Innovate Who You Are and Become Who You Can Be 24:47

5M ago24:47

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Innovation and disruption aren’t just for organizations. According to Whitney Johnson, we can find new possibilities for personal and professional growth — by disrupting ourselves. As an executive coach, author, and podcaster, Johnson teaches people how to level up their lives and careers t…

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146. Stress Resets: How to Change Your Internal Dialogue to Communicate Better 19:50

6M ago19:50

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Stress can get in the way of our communication with others. To manage our stress, psychologist Jenny Taitz says, we first need to adjust the conversations that we have with ourselves. Taitz is an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, and th…

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145. Rethink: The Art of Negotiation, How to Get More of What You Want 16:03

6M ago16:03

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. 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 if you reframed the whole idea, to think of a negotiation not as a fight, but as a problem-…

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144. Communicating Through Conflict: How to Get Along with Anyone 21:58

6M ago21:58

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Many of us would rank getting along with colleagues as an important aspect of work, but, as Amy Gallo explains, relationships devoid of disagreement can actually be less productive. “While our natural human instinct is to avoid conflict, I believe that conflicts are not only an inevitable p…

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143. Adopting a VC Mindset: How to Achieve More by Thinking, and Communicating, Like a Venture Capitalist 20:41

6M ago20:41

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. In choosing who to date, what job to pursue, or how to invest our money, most people are just looking for a reason to move forward. But according to Professor Ilya Strebulaev, we should be looking for something else: a reason to bail. "The smartest venture capitalists ask a very different q…

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142. Power and Persuasion: Live Insights from Stanford Experts 34:45

7M ago34:45

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. A special live edition from the Me2We event at Stanford, where strategic communications expert and podcast host Matt Abrahams joins four distinguished faculty members from Stanford Graduate School of Business: Michelle Gelfand explores the dynamics of cross-cultural organizational behavior.…

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141. An Invitation for Innovation: Why Creativity Is Found, Not Forced 21:41

7M ago21:41

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. So you want to lead your team toward innovation. Does that require that you know where you’re going? Not according to Linda Hill. Hill is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School whose research focuses on leadership and how organizations achieve innovation. When it …

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140. Rethink: How to Handle a Skeptical Audience 17:03

7M ago17:03

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Preparing to speak in front of a skeptical audience is more than thinking about objections beforehand – there are specific techniques you can use to respond to these challenging situations without sounding defensive, evasive, or dismissive. Here, we offer a few key tips for how to handle sk…

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139. Lose Yourself: The Secret to Finding Flow and Being Fully Present 18:05

7M ago18:05

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Whether you're looking to boost your productivity, find more joy in your work, or simply be more present in the moment, you need flow — and research by Assistant Professor David Melnikoff could help you find it. Melnikoff investigates how we pursue our goals, and how flow — the state of bei…

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138. Speak Your Truth: Why Authenticity Leads to Better Communication 23:25

8M ago23:25

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. From the way you communicate, to the way build your life and career, Graham Weaver, MBA ’99, says it’s about “giving yourself permission to fully be yourself. You can never go wrong when you’re saying your truth.” Weaver is a lecturer in management, a GSB alum, and the founder and a partner…

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137. When Words Aren’t Enough: How to Excel at Nonverbal Communication 22:56

8M ago22:56

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. If communication is like painting, words are the primary colors. But to convey deeper meaning, we need a broader color palette, which Dana Carney says requires the mastery of nonverbal communication. We often focus on the words that we say when honing our communication, but according to Car…

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136. The Art of Disagreeing Without Conflict: Navigating the Nuance 24:33

8M ago24:33

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Disagreement and conflict may look the same on the surface, but the two concepts are, in fact, very different. According to Julia Minson, knowing how these notions differ is crucial to how you approach them. In this episode of Think Fast Talk Smart, Minson and strategic communication lectur…

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135. Rethink: The Personal and Professional Power of Emotional Awareness 18:55

8M ago18:55

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Why deep connection with others starts by connecting more deeply with ourselves. 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 Interpersonal Dynami…

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134. How to Chat with Bots: The Secrets to Getting the Information You Need from AI 25:23

8M ago25:23

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Leveraging AI to unlock new levels of creativity and communication innovation Join Matt Abrahams with creativity and innovation experts Jeremy Utley and Kian Gohar to explore the transformative potential of AI in the realms of creativity and problem-solving. If you treat artificial intellig…

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133. From Good to Super: How Supercommunicators Unlock the Language of Connection 37:45

9M ago37:45

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. The ways supercommunicators operate and how to emulate their techniques. Across more than 130 episodes, Think Fast, Talk Smart has touched a lot on what it takes to be a good communicator. But what about reaching that next level? What about being a “supercommunicator”? Supercommunicator is …

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132. Lean Into Failure: How to Make Mistakes That Work 25:13

9M ago25:13

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Effective and productive teams and relationships are based on the ability to communicate safely and to fail successfully. In this episode, Amy Edmondson, a professor at Harvard Business School and author of The Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well, shares profound insights on th…

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131. Friction Fixing: How to Use Obstacles to Your Advantage 23:41

9M ago23:41

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Why resistance isn’t always a bad thing. Friction — that’s Professor Huggy Rao’s metaphor for the forces that hamper workplace efficiency. But as he says, some friction can be helpful — if you know how to use it. In his book, The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Eas…

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130. Best Of: How to Maintain a Powerful Presence in Your Communication 20:47

9M ago20:47

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. “Simple language, forceful language, vivid language, and keeping it simple and direct,” says Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer, are all powerful tools to strengthen your communication. Host and Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer Matt Abrahams interviews Pfeffer, the author many books, in…

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129. Connect Deeply: How to Communicate So People Feel Seen and Heard 23:45

10M ago23:45

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. New York Times Opinion columnist David Brooks shares how to communicate so that others feel seen, heard, and understood. All too often, we communicate without really connecting. The key to building deep connections with others, says David Brooks, is to make them feel seen and heard. Brooks …

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128. Four Powerful Principles, Pt 2: Your Questions Answered 19:30

10M ago19:30

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Matt takes live questions from his worldwide audience. Join Matt Abrahams engaging with his international audience and answering questions that touch upon some of today's most pressing communication challenges. Matt offers advice on everything from the nuances of crafting clear, impactful q…

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127. Four Principles of Powerful, Focused Communication, Pt. 1 23:11

10M ago23:11

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. Matt takes live questions from his worldwide audience and shares a lesson around concision, relevance, accessibly, and precision in messaging. In this "masterclass," he emphasizes the communicator's role as a translator who simplifies complex information for diverse audiences. Key takeaways…

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126. Making Meetings Meaningful, BONUS: When Face-to-Face Meetings Matter 34:10

10M ago34:10

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. If we want to generate better ideas, then we need to get people back to the office. In this bonus meetings mini-series episode, we feature an episode from the newest podcast from Stanford Graduate School of Business – If/Then: Business, Leadership, Society. In this conversation with senior …

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Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast (A Sound Bite!) 1:53

10M ago1:53

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Whether you’re giving a toast or presenting in a meeting, communication is critical to success in business and in life. Join Matt Abrahams, a lecturer of Strategic Communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business, as he sits down with experts in the field to discuss real-world communication challenges. How do I send my message clearly when put…

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125. Making Meetings Meaningful, Pt. 2: Key Ingredients for Effective Meetings 24:16

10M ago24:16

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Become a Faster Smarter Supporter by joining TFTS Premium. How can we make meetings more effective? How can we keep people engaged and interested? Whether it’s in person or on Zoom, here are a few techniques you can use to make your gatherings more meaningful, productive, and memorable. Get practical tools and actionable insights to actually make m…

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