Charles Duhigg

Journalist and author

TED Speaker

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Why you should listen

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of The Power of Habit, which spent over three years on bestseller lists and has been translated into 40 languages, Supercommunicators, also a bestseller published in 2024 and Smarter Faster Better, a third bestseller. Duhigg writes for The New Yorker magazine and is a graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Business School. He previously wrote for The New York Times and was a correspondent in Iraq.

Charles Duhigg’s TED talk

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Charles Duhigg

The science behind dramatically better conversations

Posted Mar 2025

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Business

It’s not enough to hire great people; you need to graft them onto your team

April 23, 2019

You brought them on board because of their success, intelligence and ideas, but these qualities can generate friction with their colleagues. Tech executive Scott Belsky explains the four ingredients you need to turn new employees into respected and valued members.

Culture

Last night at TED headquarters: a salon on life hacks

April 25, 2013

Last night in the TED office, we held a salon all about spring cleaning — for your life. Themed “A Better You,” the event featured four speakers with ideas on how to make a better, happier, more productive self. First to speak was The Power of Habit author Charles Duhigg, a reporter for The New York Times who […]