Does your brain shut down, and your tongue become heavy when you need to start a conversation? Breaking the ice can sometimes seem like a Herculean task. However, revealing fun facts about yourself is ...

Entertaining is more than setting the table and cooking a meal. It's also about making guests feel comfortable—and that can mean helping the convo flow. In fact, a few reliable conversation starters ...

These techniques invite you to reorient your mindset, helping you to approach interactions from a healthier, stress-free ...

Too often, managers stifle conversation without realizing it – hijacking meetings without providing space for discussion and jumping in with their own solutions to problems that are brought to them.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nina A. Kohn is a Distinguished Professor of Law at Syracuse University and a Visiting Professor at Yale Law School. This ...

I don’t love talking with strangers. I’m an introvert at heart, and making an effort to engage in social interaction often drains my energy. But still, I do it. Not because I feel like I have to, but ...

From the left to the right, we’ve been moving along a spectrum of extremes, and it’s not just political. Merriam-Webster selected “polarization” as its 2024 Word of the Year, and it’s no surprise why.

Have you ever met someone and instantly clicked? Most of us have. Thinking back, what created the spark? Most likely it was a combination of topic, tone, and tenor, but it no doubt happened within a ...

How easy is it to spot conversation generated by artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs)? A new study published in Cognitive Science evaluates the ability of LLMs to dupe people that ...

It starts in a living room, in a café, in a classroom or in a cramped corner of a conference hall. A few people share stories. Some laugh, some wince, some frown. But as voices echo off the walls, ...

Nattering on with random NPCs in Baldur’s Gate 3 is a huge part of the game – which shouldn’t be surprising considering it’s an RPG. Chatting with folk will progress the story, expand the world, ...