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Ping

Ping

The Secrets of Successful Virtual Communication

Summary

‘Brimming with surprising insights and useful tips. The resource we need for avoiding misunderstandings and making genuine connections’ Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again

The essential guide for when (and how best) to use virtual communication tools, from video to instant messaging and everything in between.

Professor Andrew Brodsky is here to explain that, yes, that meeting could have been an email. And that email? Maybe it should have been a voice memo. Your camera? It’s okay to turn it off, sometimes even better.

Many of us give far too little thought to our virtual communication, and end up feeling isolated, overlooked and burnt out. Ping distils Brodsky’s cutting-edge social science research on remote communication tools. He helps us understand:
  • How we can interact most productively and authentically
  • How we can build relationships at a distance
  • The rules for making an impact online
  • How we can increase inclusion and reduce conflict

With entertaining stories and interviews from top business leaders, Ping is the ultimate playbook for all workplaces from in-person, to remote and everything in between.

'A must read for everyone who communicates online—in other words, everyone'
Jake Knapp, co-founder of Google Meet and bestselling author of Sprint

Reviews

  • “Finally: a science-based guide to having better conversations by text, email, phone, video, and yes, even social media. Andrew Brodsky is one of the world’s foremost experts on virtual communication, and his book is brimming with surprising insights and useful tips. It’s the resource we need for avoiding misunderstandings and making genuine connections.”
    Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and HIDDEN POTENTIAL, and host of the podcast Re:Thinking

About the author

Andrew Brodsky

Andrew Brodsky is a management professor at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and CEO of Ping Group. He is an expert in workplace technology, communication, and productivity. Andrew has received numerous research and teaching awards, including being chosen by Poets&Quants as one of the 'World’s 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40.' He earned a PhD in organizational behavior from Harvard Business School and BS from The Wharton School. He lives with his wife and two rescue dogs in Austin, Texas.
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