Vanessa Van Edwards shares nine "power questions" based on Dr. Dan McAdams' research and her own speed-networking experiments. These questions move conversations past small talk into genuine connection, whether at work or at home. Her new book comes out in October.
I think a challenge that we have right now, we get into small talk and we don't know how to get out of it. How are the kids? How are the kids? How are the kids? Right, we get stuck in that level 1, and there's really amazing research by Dr. Dan McAdam that found that there are actually 3 levels of connection that we have to go through to make a really deep connection at work and at home. And his research is not hyped enough, and it's not practical enough. I've taken his research and I've We did hundreds of speed networking experiments where we actually tested questions in the wild to see what were the questions that leveled up a very casual first relationship to, "We should change cards." You know, "We should get together, we should have coffee." There are 9 power questions, 9, that unlock in this 3 levels connection, both at work and at home. That book comes out in October. And it is like my life's work. I'm very excited about that. You're welcome to preorder it if you would be willing. But I am excited to start to give these 9 questions to people. I think that they will unlock everything.
