Supercommunicators

The Power of Conversation and the Hidden Language of Connection

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Charles Duhigg: Supercommunicators (2024, Cornerstone Press Chicago)

English language

Published 2024 by Cornerstone Press Chicago.

ISBN:
978-1-84794-382-8
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4 stars (1 review)

5 editions

A lot of research here about three conversation types

4 stars

This would not be a book I'd normally pick up. It was on a list from a well respected digeratti several months before it came out as they had reviewed it. I was first on my library list to reserve it then, and when it finally arrived for me, there were 60 other people waiting on the book. I had not read any of the author's previous work, but did recognize his name.

That said, I really liked this book. What can one learn about communicating from reading versus actual practice and coaching? Hard to say. He lays out a case here of three different conversation types, provides and integrates several stories he discovered in his research (surgeon, NASA, Netflix, doctors, etc) and discusses each.

I took several pages of notes for my future referrals. I did appreciate the book, and took special note of the chapter on difficult discussions …

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  • Psychology