Whether you want interesting or fun questions, these will get people talking.

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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 ...

Good conversation can tell you a lot about someone—but getting there isn’t always easy. Whether you’re on a first date, ...

You can spend years building credibility at work and still feel unprepared for the moment you need to say something uncomfortable. That one difficult conversation you wish you could avoid often turns ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to optimize career success. The holidays can be a time of celebration and relaxation, but they can also induce ...

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.