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A practical, case-led guide to the sensitive subjects people know matter – but often struggle to discuss openly.
Unspeakable explores why certain topics become difficult to raise and how to create the conditions for more meaningful conversations.
Through stories from families, classrooms, workplaces, and leadership settings, Christina Wing shares the questions, tools, and perspectives that help people approach taboo and sensitive topics with greater preparation, judgment, and care.
Praise for Unspeakable
Leaders, authors, and thinkers across business, leadership, and organizational life are recognizing Unspeakable as both timely and enduring: a practical guide to the subjects people know matter, but often don’t know how to raise.
Christina Wing pairs vivid stories with clear scripts to show us how to talk about money, power, succession, layoffs, politics, and more in ways that build trust rather than secrecy or fear.
Amy C. Edmondson
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School Author, (Atria, 2023)
is both profound and practical. It’s for everyone who cares about their effectiveness and their legacy.
Jim Koch
Founder, Chairman, CEO and President, Boston Beer Company
Read and start finding the trust and depth you want from your relationships.
Arthur C. Brooks
#1 New York Times bestselling author of
When we avoid uncomfortable topics, the results can be catastrophic. Professor Wing will help you have the conversations you want to avoid but need to have.
Kim Scott
Author of
I can’t stop talking about Christina Wing’s . This timeless and beautifully written gem helped me understand why it’s so hard — and so crucial — to talk about forbidden topics such as money, aging, failure, and family conflict.
Robert I. Sutton
Stanford Professor Emeritus and bestselling author of and
Christina Wing has written a brilliant and empathetic book about the devastation that can result when we don’t say things that need to be said. Unspeakable is a blueprint for how to make our professional—and personal—relationships deeper and better.
Bethany McLean
Contributing editor at Vanity Fair and bestselling co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room
Stories, scripts, questions, and tools you can use in real life.
Stories
Real-world examples from families, organizations, classrooms, leadership teams, and advisory work.
Scripts
Practical language for beginning conversations that people often avoid.
Reflection Questions
Prompts to help readers understand their own resistance, fear, assumptions, and purpose.
Conversation Starters
Scenarios and opening questions that help readers practice before the moment arrives.
Takeaways
Clear, practical summaries at the end of each chapter.
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