Writing & Speaking
On the architecture
of human behavior.
Upcoming
TED Talk
Summer 2026Every Person You've Ever Met Was Trying to Tell You Who They Are
Book
Fall 2026The Giveaway
Essays on the psychology of power, human legibility, and the discipline of psychoanalysis — for practitioners and professionals who read closely.
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Conferences. Institutions.
Corporate leadership retreats.
Communities.
Alison speaks on the psychology of power, the hidden architecture of human relationships, and the intellectual history of psychoanalysis.
Topics
The psychology of power and how authority distorts perception
The hidden architecture of human relationships
Reading people: the psychoanalytic discipline applied to professional life
The intellectual history of psychoanalysis
Leadership, character, and the limits of self-knowledge
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