Wife Notices Communication Change

Siqi Chen shares how a Stanford Business School class on interpersonal dynamics transformed his relationships.

"I would say this is the most impactful thing I've ever done in my entire life. It's completely transformed all my relationships, including my relationship with my wife.

Last week we had an on-site, and I was able to do a mini version of this with our customer success team. We did a very condensed version of this lecture and then we sat and talked for about four hours. The amount of closeness people got, insight people got, was transformative.

You wouldn't normally sit around for a couple hours in a work setting talking about your feelings. It's very uncomfortable to do so, intentionally so. In the case of a real life workshop, it's uncomfortable for about half a day. In our case, we had to speed run it, and it was uncomfortable for about an hour. But then people were really into it.

It's weird, but everyone at some point was crying about some disclosure that they heard or experienced. As a result, the team got so much closer and the trust increased."