Craig Mattson
Organizational Researcher
Craig Mattson is an organizational researcher who serves as a professor of communication at Calvin University. He’s written several books and numerous essays, often exploring the communicational complexities of organizational life. But when he’s not writing and reading and podcasting, he’s enjoying the natural world, hiking, running, and playing driveway pickleball. Craig lives with his wife Rhoda in Grand Rapids, MI, and their four adult children live and study and work across the Midwest.
Oct. 25, 2025
Ep 190 Why Your Family Communication Style Creates Stress (And How To Fix It)
Ever wish your teen would text more than “k,” while your paragraphs go unread? We dive into a simple framework that makes family communication clearer and calmer: six modes—sending, talking, meaning-making, tacit knowing, sig...