Crucial Conversations
Crucial Conversations by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan and Switzlerby Patterson, Grenny, McMillan and Switzler
Shares rank 129 of 152 nonfiction books by recommenders
Recommended as a good place to start on handling difficult conversations, with attention to the role emotions play in dialogue.
Recommended as a good place to start on handling difficult conversations, with attention to the role emotions play in dialogue.
2 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 2
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 2 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Good place to start
“"Crucial Conversations" is a good place to start.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)” Emphasizes emotions in dialogue
“All of these will emphasize the role emotions play in dialogue”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Hashcards: A plain-text spaced repetition system”
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| Crucial Conversationsby Patterson, Grenny, McMillan and SwitzlerThis page | 2 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 2 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“"Crucial Conversations" is a good place to start.”
“All of these will emphasize the role emotions play in dialogue”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.