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Emotional Intelligence
By better understanding how the brain constructs pain, we may transform how we treat chronic suffering.
Small signals of warmth can dramatically change how people respond to you.
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To foster inclusive and compassionate spaces for trauma survivors, we should understand the neurology of trauma and its profound effects, as emphasized by psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk.
Many organizations are missing a key catalyst for excellence — and it’s not a new software program or workplace perk.
Your real competitive edge isn’t how smart you are — it’s how quickly you can reinvent yourself when the rules change.
Ambition. Descent. Wisdom.
To bring the best out of your teams, don’t flex like Maximus — lean into a “helpful fight” instead.
The actor, comedian, and marijuana cultivator on collaboration, success, and overcoming nerves — in business and life.
The great Chinese philosopher offers a durable and practical blueprint for harmonizing with our work colleagues.
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Alain de Botton argues that our romantic lives are shaped more by the emotional patterns we learned in childhood than by destiny.
The benefits of mathematical literacy reach far beyond the realm of numbers and equations.
Why the link between understanding customers and retaining them is forged from emotional connection.
In this excerpt from The Intimate Animal, Justin Garcia shows why curiosity and self-disclosure — not attraction alone — help build intimacy and sustain it over time.
Julius Caesar conquered Gaul but his emotional intelligence was pitiful — and there’s plenty we can learn from his leadership deficiencies.
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Happiness collapses the moment hardship arrives. Joy doesn’t. Historian Kate Bowler explains why joy can coexist with pain — and why that makes it a stronger, more fulfilling emotion.
Liz Tran makes the case for a new kind of intelligence that addresses our ability to handle today’s ever-fluctuating challenges: AQ.
Timeless guidance on communication, time management, creativity, and more from some of today’s most influential thinkers.
Disconnection is not a personal failure, but a systems challenge — and an opportunity for employers to strengthen our social fabric.
Labels help your brain make sense of a complex world, but when self-attached, those same labels can convince you that you're unable to grow.
Tara Narula shares how journalist Richard Cohen challenged conventional ideas about illness, identity, and strength while living with MS.
AI will shape the future of work, but human leadership will decide whether that future is good — and happiness should be the touchstone.
People don't want you to buy their stories — they want you to listen to them.
A practical blueprint for developing leaders through systems, not sessions.
Psychologist Chris Moore reveals why guilt and anxiety lead us to the compassion necessary to earn forgiveness.
In an age of polycrisis, argues leadership coach Lisa Bennett, we should spend less time trying to save the world — and focus on savoring it instead.
What 158 L&D leaders told us about the future of leadership development.
Conversations about an imminent "AI bubble" tend to miss the big picture.
Joe Nucci, author of "Psychobabble," joins us to discuss how the misuse of psychological language risks blurring the lines between everyday problems and clinical diagnoses.
One of the many reasons I love my job is that, on any given week, I get to talk with a dozen or so smart, thoughtful L&D leaders to hear […]
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Reflecting on the final moments she spent with her mother, and the weeks afterwards spent cataloging her life in objects and memories, Poet Laureate of the Ordinary Kelly Corrigan shares how important it is to attune, to behold, and to notice — even if it’s difficult or uncomfortable: