Andrew Brodsky is an award-winning professor, management consultant, and virtual communications expert at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.

Recognized by Poets&Quants as one of the "World's 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40," Andrew is widely regarded for his work at the intersection of workplace technology, communication, and productivity.

He also serves as the CEO of Ping Group, where he helps organizations improve how people connect and perform in modern, digitally driven workplaces.

Andrew earned a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from The Wharton School. He currently lives in Austin with his wife and two rescue dogs.

Key Points

• Crafting Effective Virtual Messages

• Enhancing Trust in Digital Relationships

• Pros & Cons of Remote Communication

• Leveraging AI for Productivity

• Personal Anecdotes & Communication Research

Best Quotes

03:49 - 03:56

• "The old way of the office was if you had a question, you'd go to your coworkers' cubicle or office and ask them."

05:10 - 05:15

• "I was left with an immune deficiency. So I'm often having to communicate with others from a distance."

05:42 - 05:58

• "And if you show up and you have the right energy and you, you're, you're animated, you're, you're empathetically listening, you know, there's so many things and some people, you know, this thing just draws them down like immediately you're on the computer and, and they're shutting down and they're getting uncomfortable."

17:23 - 17:39

• "One of a good example of this is research on the email urgency bias where basically these researchers found that when people receive an email, they ex they think the sender wants a response a lot more quickly than they actually do."

Episode ID: 1000742443886

GUID: 87df836f-a178-4983-8c79-7a1ce3cda8c3

Release Date: 23/12/2025, 10:00:00