E2 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick Morgan catches up with Stress Physiologist Dr Rebecca Heiss
Dr. Rebecca Heiss is a Stress Physiologist, and the author of Instinct, published in April 2021. She’s a professional speaker and ...
Why the resonance of your voice matters
I’ve been writing on the importance of the voice in leadership communications for many years. In my book Power Cues I talked ...
Use Anchoring to Strengthen Your Arguments
Anchoring bias is one of those psychological constructs that is very familiar to psychologists but less widely talked about by ...
What Color Is Your Speech?
We humans are powerfully influenced by color. There are of course the associations we develop with specific colors, thanks to ...
For Above-Average Speakers
We are all above average. At least, the studies show that most of us think we are above average. This ...
The Problem with Virtual Communication
Long before the pandemic, I was a technophile. I always latched onto the latest tech, and believed that being up-to-date ...
The Learning Paradox for Speakers
The human brain is a much more powerful learning machine than we think. A recent study (Buch et al., 2021) ...
The Dangers of Faulty Thinking
I took part in a logic training course years ago, an extra-curricular course designed to make better debaters of us ...
Do You Want the Bad News or the Good News First? How Neuroscience Can Help Us Be Better Speakers
Neuroscientists are now able to tell us startlingly specific things about how our brains work. Recent research details ways to ...
How to Change Minds with a Speech
What’s the best way to prepare people for change? This question is one that we speakers often ask ourselves, more ...
