We’re talking less than ever. It’s damaging our health—and how we work

A quiet but meaningful shift is happening in how people communicate—and most organizations don’t yet recognize its health and business implications. Over the past 15 years, research shows that people are speaking hundreds of fewer words per day, resulting in a sizable decline in regular conversation. What feels incremental at the individual level adds up to something much larger: millions of words, and thousands of interactions, disappearing from daily life. This is not just a linguistic t...