"I think one of the things is really important is to know your audience," she says. "Harry Trianus was just someone who was so brilliant in his breadth of knowledge, but he was not someone who took himself so seriously." The notion of making the person feel like they're the only person in the room is really powerful, you say.
Why do we drive on only one side of the road? Why don’t we sing in libraries? Why wear a swimsuit?
For Professor Michele Gelfand, it all comes down to culture. As a cross-cultural psychologist, Gelfand is fascinated by social environments and their effects on human behavior, particularly, how strictly people adhere to social norms.
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Gelfand joins host and lecturer of strategic communications Matt Abrahams to explain why some cultures are “tight” and “have strict social norms,” while others are “loose,” with “more permissibility of behavior.”
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