I’m thrilled that the Next Big Idea Club team has selected my book, How to Read the Room: The Art and Science of Social Observation, as a must-read for September!

Pamela Meyer shares five key insights from her new book, How to Read the Room: The Art and Science of Social Observation, with the Next Big Idea Club.

Listen to a HBR IdeaCast conversation with author and entrepreneur Pamela Meyer on five ways executives can indirectly assert themselves.

Read Pamela’s landmark article on how to build influence and make an impact when you lack formal authority in Harvard Business Review.

How can you be a pro at social observation, deciphering body language and unspoken words?

Read Pamela Meyer’s advice on why effective crisis communication requires more than staying on script, and how leaders can use social observation to adapt to the room.

Understanding how people recount details in an interview is just as important as the words they say

Pamela Meyer explains how social observation, behavioural cues, and better questioning can help biopharma leaders uncover risks before they become critical challenges

Pamela’s forthcoming book “How to Read the Room” was featured in Publishers Weekly’s Fall 2026 Fiction and Non-Fiction Preview

When someone you care about lies to you, you’ll probably feel betrayed, furious—and maybe even foolish…If there’s any hope of repairing the relationship, you’ll need to have a conversation—and exactly what you say matters.

Speech technologies, such as those that soften accents and filter out emotions, can strip away vital vocal cues and hinder authentic communication.

These days, we can’t believe anything we see. But from art, do we want fact or fiction? Harriet Lloyd-Smith explores, with the help of lying expert Pamela Meyer