The bestselling author says social media is useful for communication, but it is not the same thing as real connection.

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Earlier this year, an OpenAI study reached a troubling conclusion: Heavy ChatGPT users are more likely to report loneliness than non-users. The correlation between usage and feelings of social ...

If it feels like you’re running twice as fast only to stay in the same place with your business, you aren’t alone. The effort required to reach and retain a customer has never been higher, yet the ...

Louis Carter is CEO and Founder of Most Loved Workplace® author of Change Champion's Field Guide and In Great Company (McGraw Hill). Despite the billions companies spend trying to keep people happy at ...

Loneliness is an epidemic in the United States. A recent Cigna survey revealed that nearly half of Americans always or sometimes feel alone (46%) or left out (47%). Two in five Americans sometimes or ...

In today’s hybrid and remote workplaces, office friendships are becoming increasingly rare. More problematic, the decline of these connections signals more than just a shift in workplace culture. It’s ...

Real chemistry is not only about attraction or excitement. One of the strongest signs of a deep connection is feeling ...

In a digital world driven by optics and algorithms, authenticity is becoming the rarest currency. In less than a year, The Real Connect Podcast, hosted by communications and relationship expert Tamika ...

It’s a strange thing to be surrounded by people and still feel alone. That was me. I had all these connections, all these people just a text or a DM away, but none of it felt real. Not the way it used ...