The Monday morning debrief is practically a workplace ritual. Someone asks how your weekend was, you say “good,” they say “good,” and the conversation ends. It’s polite, it’s painless, but it goes ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The problem with small talk isn't that it's awkward or superficial. It's that you're ...

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Chitchatting about the weather or exchanging niceties may feel superficial and like a waste of time. But if done right, small talk might help you with your career. Researchers who have studied small ...

Often relegated to the status of useless chatter, small talk is once again at the heart of debates about our social well-being. Beneath the veneer of triviality, this form of exchange is actually an ...

You walk into the conference networking event, feeling alone, aware of the steady chatter throughout the room. You look to find someone you might know, you sense your breath growing faster and you ...

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It's easy to say, "I'm not good at small talk" and simply try to ignore it, Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit argues that small talk isn't an innate skill, but rather a learned behavior.

How good are you at making small talk? When you’re in the middle of a chance encounter with someone, does every possible thing to say go flying out of your head? Or do you believe that small talk is ...