Conversations move life forward. They can also stop things from moving forward. Relationships begin and end on conversations. Teams are formed and broken apart. Goals are made, expectations laid out, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ann Kowal Smith explores workplace culture and collaboration. The most connective conversations, Duhigg writes, are learning ...

AI chatbots have slipped into classrooms, study sessions, and professional training with remarkable speed, promising to make hard subjects feel manageable and dense readings instantly digestible. The ...

Xijia Zhang is affiliated with the University of Alberta. Kimberly Noels works for the University of Alberta. She receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.