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Vanessa Bohns

@profbohns

Prof @Cornell studying social influence, compliance & consent. Author, "You Have More Influence Than You Think" (2021) and "Should I Say Something?" (this Oct!)
Cornell University ILR School vanessabohns.com Joined June 2011
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns
Somebody pinch me. "Should I Say Something?" got a STARRED review in @PublishersWkly !!:

A "breezy and smart pop science treatise...entertaining and deeply informative."

I cannot wait for the book to come out next month so I can share it with you all!

publishersweekly.com/9780306835704
www.publishersweekly.com Should I Say Something? The Science of What to Share—and What to Keep to Yourself by Vanessa Bohns With this breezy and smart pop science treatise, Cornell social psychologist Bohns (You Have More Influence Than You Think) aims...
Vanessa Bohns @profbohns
NPR might just be magic. I dont know how they did it, but they packed a ridiculous number of topics and tips into this 22-minute segment we recorded for @NPRLifeKit!
npr.org/2026/10/22/nx-…
www.npr.org How honest should you really be? Tips for sharing good and bad news : Life Kit Should you tell a colleague that you heard they might be fired? A stranger that they have spinach in their teeth? Your followers that you just won a big award? In this episode of Life Kit, reporter...
Vanessa Bohns @profbohns
My new article in @WSJ has tips for how to ask to get a "yes." But to be honest, my favorite is the last one about how we should all aim for more than just a "yes"--we should aim for a genuine, voluntary “yes".
wsj.com/lifestyle/care…
www.wsj.com The Secret to Getting Colleagues to Say ‘Yes’ When You Ask for Something People are more willing than we believe to agree to our requests. The trick is knowing how to ask.