Author Watch Party: Charles Duhigg and the Secret Language of Connection

Unlock the secret language of connection with the Pulitzer-prizewinning journalist and bestselling author of The Power of Habit. The library will screen the recording of the November 2025 online interview with Charles DuHigg, in which he spoke about his latest book, Supercommunicators.   

In the interview, Duhigg unravels the secrets of the supercommunicators to reveal the art - and the science - of successful communication. He unpacks the different types of everyday conversation and pinpoints why some go smoothly while others swiftly fall apart. He reveals the conversational questions and gambits that bring people together. And he shows how even the most tricky of encounters can be turned around. In the process, he shows why a CIA operative was able to win over a reluctant spy, how a member of a jury got his fellow jurors to view an open-and-shut case differently, and what a doctor found they needed to do to engage with a vaccine skeptic.

Above all, he reveals the techniques we can all master to successfully connect with others, however tricky the circumstances. Packed with fascinating case studies and drawing on cutting-edge research, this book will change the way you think about what you say, and how you say it.

The recorded interview will be screened in the Conti Room.