>> be willing to interrupt > Quite cultural, depending who you are talking to, people will avoid talking to you all together. It can be done in various ways I

>> be willing to interrupt > Quite cultural, depending who you are talking to, people will avoid talking to you all together. It can be done in various ways I guess. One thing I've been doing for some time now is to not directly interrupt but just start making "noise". Like for example going "Mhhh", accompanied by a "thinking gesture" and maybe murmuring "interesting" or some such. Some people are able to pick up on those things and will give you an opening to then actually ask your question or reply. Thus it feels way less like interrupting, especially as it can give the other person a chance to finish the immediate thought but then let you "interrupt". Some people don't pick up on this though and you might need to interrupt but what I try first is to write down what I wanted to say. Some people have a way of just talking and talking and jumping from one topic or area of a topic to another without so much as taking a breath. I make a point of then going through my list and proclaiming that I will go back to the first point they made, then the second one etc. Sometimes that helps. Sometimes it doesn't and I literally have to stop them then and there and actually saying it like that too "Sure that's a great topic but let's stay focused, we were gonna discuss X".