The Power of Conversation and the Hidden Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg: Supercommunicators (2024, Cornerstone Press Chicago)
English language
Published 2024 by Cornerstone Press Chicago.
Started off strong, and there are some interesting anecdotes about the CIA.
Started to lose interest as it seemed to repeat the same few points framed slightly differently. Not really sure who this book is for.
There are some good passages around the importance of connection and vulnerability, and I enjoyed the discussion around anti-vax and gun control.
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 …
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 which I thought was very well done (extra notes taken here). I do think a bit too much time was spent on his Netflix topic.
All in all, I really enjoyed it and learned a bunch. I'll use my notes to cement these ideas in coming months. Now I have to go practice on my family ...
