On Conversations

Communication used to be a relationship

An essay on algorithms, voice, and the quiet panic of invisibility, and the question I now ask before anything I publish: does this deepen human contact, or only help me survive the algorithm? Read, watch or listen.

Who do we become if we don't read (or write)?

The Atlantic says we're entering a postliterate age. I ask: who do we become if we don't read (or write)? A personal reflection on the words that raised me, the words that exhaust us, and — with my guest April Dávila — the stories only you can tell.

The author inside the word

This morning, in a session with my quantum therapist (no, I can't quite explain his job), a word came up. Autorité. Authority. And inside it: auteur. Author. Which got me thinking: the pendant of story is authorship.

We Need a New Word

We can all recall times when meetings or conversations haven’t gone to plan. In this post, Anne unpicks what happens when communication goes wrong and why we should all cultivate more empathy and understanding in our relationships both at work and at home.