Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2025-12-15
Books mentioned on Harvard’s Behaviour Expert: The Psychology Of Why People Don't Like You!
Why do your conversations keep going wrong? Harvard behavioural scientist Professor Alison Wood Brooks reveals the SECRETS to better communication, real connection, negotiation skills and difficult conversations!
Steven Bartlett discussed Talk by Alison Wood Brooks.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Talk
Talk by Alison Wood Brooks is a comprehensive exploration of the science of conversation and the art of authentic self-presentation, summarizing a popular course taught at Harvard Business School.
Discussed“Um on on the front of your book talk, it says the science of conversation and the art of being ourselves. Do you think we should show up to work as our authentic selves?”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Inside Out
“Like one of my biggest findings was how we reframe social anxiety [music] as excitement, which makes you focus on opportunities rather than threats, and that paper ended up being featured in Inside Out, the movie.”
Plugged Talk
“I teach a course that I created there called talk. I wrote a book about it also called talk, the science of conversation and the art of being ourselves.”
Passing Inside Out
“The um, this excitement reappraisal, the paper's called get excited. And that paper actually ended up being featured in uh, Inside Out, the movie.”
Plugged Talk
“So, I always I wrote a chapter in my book called Do Not Disagree. It's It's an intentionally provocative chapter cuz people think, what do you mean?”