Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who worked for both the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times before building his unique analysis of communication tactics. He is also a prolific public speaker who is known for his ability to synthesize complex scientific, psychological, and behavioral research into narratives that are accessible to the average layman. He holds a degree from Yale and an MBA from Harvard Business School, and his bestselling books—such as The Power of Habit (2012) and Smarter Faster Better (2016)—have cemented his reputation as a popular interpreter of behavioral science. Supercommunicators (2024) extends Duhigg’s established approach, combining personal anecdotes with journalistic investigation and academic research to explore the hallmarks of effective conversations.

Duhigg’s journalistic training and past success in making psychology and neuroscience relevant to general audiences make him well-qualified to write on the topic of communication, and he focuses on synthesizing existing empirical research into a more digestible format that can easily be applied to real-world situations. Although Duhigg’s emphasis on universal applicability may overlook specific cultural or identity-based differences, his extensive sourcing, grounded examples, and practical orientation lend credibility to the book’s central premise: that communication is a skill that anyone can improve with intention and practice.