Increased daily happiness: Research shows that “simple social interactions,” such as engaging in conversation with strangers ...

Dear Miss Manners: I just started a new job, and a group text chat was created for us to communicate about our shift availability. However, employees have begun using this chat for small talk. I can’t ...

Charles Duhigg, author of "The Power of Habit," argues that small talk isn't an innate skill, but rather a learned behavior that can be studied and crafted to perfectly suit any situation — whether ...

We've all shared memes about it and even grumbled it out loud ourselves: "This meeting could have been an email." Meetings have become the bane of many workers' existence — and often, the idle ...

Think about what it's like to be at a birthday dinner where you have to interact with your friend's neighbors for the first time, or what it's like to be waiting for a Zoom to begin with coworkers you ...

Small talk has a bad reputation. People roll their eyes at it and see it as a dreaded necessity that they need to get out of ...

Have you recently found yourself at a summer barbecue or work outing and been forced to make small talk? Some of us relish the opportunity to chat about things like the weather and pop culture while ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Cheryl Robinson covers areas of leadership, pivoting and careers. How do you prevent small talk during meetings so it doesn’t ...

From Angela Merkel to to Scott Morrison, the monarch can chit-chat with anyone Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE. There's never an awkward moment when Queen Elizabeth ...

Summer has landed, and so has temperature-related chit chat: “Hot enough for you?” “Can you believe this humidity?” These lines and their small talk brethren are everywhere: “How are you?” “What’s new ...

The comedians — and podcast veterans — talk to The Hollywood Reporter about their new star-studded audiobook on perfecting the art of chit-chat, even with L.A. celebrities. By Seija Rankin Senior ...