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The TALK Framework
Our Approach
Simple, teachable skills for better conversations, better relationships, better lives. The TALK framework is grounded in research and proven in practice.
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Asking
Levity
Kindness
Our Founders
Alison Wood Brooks
Co-Founder and CEO
Alison Wood Brooks is the Co-Founder and CEO of TALK Studios, whose mission is to help build conversation skills across the lifespan. Alison is the O’Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where she helped pioneer a new field of conversation science and created an oversubscribed course called TALK. Alison holds a PhD from Wharton and an AB from Princeton University.
In 2025, Alison’s first book, TALK: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves, was named a Next Big Idea Club Must-Read and became a national bestseller. Her work has been featured in top-tier academic journals, media outlets, podcasts, and in Disney-Pixar’s 2023 movie Inside Out 2.
Lauren Moore Park
Co-Founder and COO
Lauren Moore Park is the Co-Founder and COO of TALK Studios, dedicated to translating conversation science into scalable, teacher-friendly curricula. A former classroom teacher, she brings experience in education leadership and curriculum development, having served as a Principal-in-Residence at Achievement First and on the Growth Strategy team for Teach For America-NYC. Most recently, as PTA President during the pandemic, she served the PS41 community in New York City, rebuilding trust to align family resources with administrative priorities and to secure critical funding for students.
Lauren holds a Master of Science in Teaching from Pace University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BA from Harvard University.
