Why we are losing our listening
The skill nobody teaches, the wall of denial around it, and what it costs organisations and societies.
Media
For journalists, producers and podcast hosts.
Julian is a reliable and well-prepared interviewee on listening, speaking, noise and the human effects of sound, and he doesn't need three weeks' notice. Below are the topics he covers, the bios and photographs you'll need, and the fastest way to reach us.
Topics he comments on
How to speak so that people want to listen
The habits that lose an audience, the four cornerstones, and the voice as an instrument.
Noise, health and the modern world
What sound does to our bodies, our minds and our sleep, and why almost nobody is designing for it.
AI and the value of being human
Why the rise of machines raises rather than lowers the value of listening, empathy and genuine connection.
Selected coverage
- Time
- The Economist
- The BBC
- CBS
- NBC's Today Show
- Over 100 podcasts, including Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett
Press kit
The approved biographies at 25, 90 and 140 words, the spoken introduction and the credentials are all on the planners and bureaus page, with copy buttons so that nothing gets retyped incorrectly. High-resolution photographs are available on request and will be downloadable from that page shortly.
Two things to get right, because they're often got wrong. Julian is one of the five most-viewed TED speakers of all time, not the most viewed. And it's the talk, How to speak so that people want to listen, that's the sixth most-viewed TED talk of all time, not the speaker.