Office Romances

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🗓️ 8 February 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had a romantic encounter at work? Dan and Alison discuss the minefield of workplace romances with biological anthropologist Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and the Kinsey Institute. They answer your questions on how to ask somebody out at work, how a one-night stand with a colleague can affect your career, and how to manage the politics and (mis)perceptions of co-worker relationships.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dear HBR from Harvard Business Review.
0:03.6	I'm Dan McGinn.
0:04.7	And I'm Alison Beard.
0:12.2	Work can be frustrating, but it doesn't have to be.
0:15.5	The truth is that we don't have to let the tension, conflicts, and misunderstandings get us down.
0:22.1	We can do something about them.
0:25.7	That's where Dear HBR comes in.
0:27.7	We take your questions about workplace dilemmas, and with the help of experts and insights
0:33.0	from academic research, we help you move forward.
0:42.8	Today, we're answering your questions about office romance, and we're joined by Helen Fisher,
0:48.0	a biological anthropologist at Rutgers University and a senior research fellow at the Kinsey Institute. Helen, thanks so much for joining us.
0:51.7	I'm delighted to be with you, Alison, and Dan.
0:54.8	So I know that you study love and the chemistry of why people fall into it with each other.
1:01.8	Have you ever had an office romance yourself?
1:04.9	No.
1:05.5	But, you know, I've been a freelancer most of my life.
1:08.2	I mean, even when I teach, I come and I go.
1:10.3	So, no, I've never even had a fling.
1:12.7	Dan, what about you? No, I wish I had something really interesting to say on that.
1:16.5	Yeah. It's funny, we're a really boring group because I, too, have never had an office romance.
1:21.4	I think I've definitely flirted with people at the office, but it is crazy because the stats say that
1:26.8	40% of people have dated a coworker
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