Ruth Corps has received funding from the ESRC and the Leverhulme Trust. “Ultimately, the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or friendship, is conversation,” wrote Oscar Wilde. We often ...

Written in collaboration with Melanie Sodka, capacity management expert and author of Diary of a Functioning Burnout. In our work with leaders, professionals, and high performers who care deeply about ...

Alison Pilnick receives funding from NIHR to carry out research to improve communication with people with dementia in the acute hospital setting. Imagine trying to ask a question and no one answers ...

Mr. Rosenblatt is the author of the forthcoming book “More Rules for Aging.” I try to let at least five people a day know that I’m thinking of them and wishing them well. Sometimes it’s in person; ...

Nearly anyone can have more meaningful conversations by becoming an "opener," a term psychology researchers have for someone who easily gets others to open up. Why it matters: Research suggests that ...