Life's Work: An Interview With Alan Alda - Harvard Business Review

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by Alison Beard

From the Magazine (July–August 2017)
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Best known for playing Hawkeye Pierce on the TV series M*A*S*H, Alan Alda is also a film and theater actor, scriptwriter, director, nonfiction author, science-show host, and founder of two organizations designed to help people improve their communication skills—a topic he covers in his new book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?

A version of this article appeared in the July–August 2017 issue of Harvard Business Review.Alison Beard is an executive editor at Harvard Business Review and cohost of the HBR IdeaCast podcast. She previously worked as a reporter and editor at the Financial Times. A mom of two, she tries—and sometimes succeeds—to apply management best practices to her household.@alisonwbeard
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