--- title: Matt Abrahams | TIME description: Abrahams is a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, the author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter and the host of Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast. canonical: https://time.com/author/matt-abrahams/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/matt-abrahams/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Matt Abrahams ## Matt Abrahams Abrahams is a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, the author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter and the host of Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast. ## Matt Abrahams *  Aug 5, 2026 ### [How to Talk Like a Human in the AI Era](https://time.com/article/2026/08/05/how-to-talk-like-a-human-in-the-ai-era/) “For decades, communication coaches counseled clients to ruthlessly eliminate verbal tics and awkwar... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 9, 2025 ### [Why Young People Are Struggling to Communicate](https://time.com/7339501/young-people-struggling-to-communicate/) Students' communication skills are eroding at an accelerating rate warn Stanford lecturers Rachel Ko... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 12, 2025 ### [How to Give a Good Toast](https://time.com/7301914/how-to-give-a-good-toast/) From graduations to weddings, Matt Abrahams breaks down how you can deliver a toast that really reso... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 25, 2025 ### [This Tech Hack Helps You Communicate Efficiently](https://time.com/7271339/tech-hack-communicate-more-efficiently/) Matt Abrahams makes the case that Minimally Viable Communication can help us craft more meaningful a... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 17, 2025 ### [How to Sound Smarter When You Talk](https://time.com/7225574/sound-smarter-communicate/) A lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business shares five techniques that can help you communic... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/matt-abrahams/","name":"Matt Abrahams"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/matt-abrahams/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/matt-abrahams/"},"name":"Matt Abrahams","jobTitle":"Abrahams is a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, the author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter and the host of Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast.","description":"Abrahams is a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, the author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter and the host of Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast.","url":"https://time.com/author/matt-abrahams/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```