But you should try asking people these questions when the occasion arises. If you’re facilitating a group or meeting, try having people introduce themselves by answering one or both of these questions instead of simply sharing where they’re from, job titles, or other traditional biographic details. They open up incredible conversations. And they es

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Sherry Turkle made a provocative observation in her 2016 book Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age. She claimed that it takes seven minutes for a conversation to really get good. In those first seven minutes, participants are mostly giving standard answers to one another’s questions. However engagened and genuine they may be,... See more