No more, "I dunno" when you ask them what they did at school!

As Rich has shown me, a good conversation can make you feel alive. It can stave off loneliness and brighten your mood in ways few other things can. You know what it feels like when you’ve reached this ...

Good questions open minds and hearts, and they deepen conversations. When we inquire about others’ desires, concerns, issues of power, and standards, we invite them into collaborative, creative ...

Disagreement isn’t the problem. How we talk is. Three simple practices can help restore productive conversation at work, at ...

Have you ever sensed that someone has more to say but isn’t able to say it? Perhaps your direct report insists that everything is “great!” despite her impossibly heavy workload, or you notice the same ...

As humans, we’re talking to each other constantly. With all that practice, we must be pretty good at it—right? Not exactly. As a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Talk: The Science of ...

Striking up a conversation with a woman you're dating can be nerve-racking. While small talk can be fun, it's important to figure out exactly what to talk about so you can have deep and meaningful ...

Hard conversations don’t have to be intimidating. In fact, they can be easier than you think and even present opportunities for deeper understanding when you approach them with the right mindset. At ...

Bret Stephens, Frank Bruni and Aaron Retica on the gap between Trump’s interests and what matters to Americans.

Every day we engage in conversations rooted in ritual and social norms. With no conscious effort, we shift from one role to another. One minute, I’m a husband happily cooking breakfast with his wife.