Even the most social people occasionally have difficulty getting a conversation going, resorting to basic, boring questions ...

I don’t love talking with strangers. I’m an introvert at heart, and making an effort to engage in social interaction ...

But often, they fall flat because “they invite scripted responses,” said Alison Wood Brooks, a professor at Harvard Business ...

Make conversations less awkward with this easy tactic. Yes-or-no questions keep conversations from settling into a good flow—or end it before it really starts. The best conversation starters invite ...