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In our interview a few weeks ago, Gary P. Dawson and I went off on a long conversation about EQ and AI, and I thought this point he made was fascinating: “As AI becomes more emotionally intelligent, it will be tempting and easy to offload your emotions to your LLM.” There’s been a lot of writing about how people have been leaning so hard on AI that they’re “cognitively offloading” their critical and creative thinking. And as people use AI to write emails and Slack messages, many are engaging in "social-emotional offloading." They're skipping over the hard work of understanding the other person’s needs, the context of the conversation, and the empathy and caring that go into a relationship. I imagine that doing this at scale would be terrible for your relationships, your team, and your company. You can check out the full interview here - https://lnkd.in/gcwJ6djd

Elizabeth Gilbert is an author and journalist best known for her memoir “Eat, Pray, Love,” but she also wrote a lesser-known gem of an essay, “In Praise of Stubborn Gladness.” The essay talks about curiosity as a strategy to persevere. She opens with two examples: 1. As Steve Jobs’ passed away, his famous last words were, “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.” 2. As a kid visiting her 85-year-old Aunt, her aunt approached her with a big grin and said, “Guess what Liz? I have cancer. Isn’t that interesting?” She connects this mindset back to her work as a writer: “Writing can be a very dramatic pursuit, full of catastrophes and disasters and emotion and attempts that fail...My path as a writer became much more smooth when I learned, when things aren’t going well to regard my struggles as curious, not tragic.” The idea applies well beyond writing. You hedge that curiosity is powerful enough to take priority over negative emotions (like fear). And usually, it is. ___ “A catastrophe is nothing but a puzzle with the volume of drama turned up very high.” —Elizabeth Gilbert ___ P.S. I have to say, at first, I kept reading because Gilbert's examples edge on "toxic positivity." But there’s good research to show that curiosity runs deeper than that. One study that I love to use as an example found that just by describing a day when you felt curious, you can boost your mental and physical energy by 20% more than when you describe a moment of profound happiness. ___

Thank you to Kevin Kruse, LEADx, and Evan Watkins for the opportunity to share how the Learning & Development team at the Employers Association of the NorthEast approaches the importance of integrating Emotional Intelligence concepts into our Leadership Development Programs. Check out the article in Forbes. 👇👇👇 https://lnkd.in/eXS2t_BR

My biggest takeaways from my conversation with Noah Askin, the Director of Leadership Development at UC Irvine: 1/ L&D leaders invest in EQ to break down silos. But, EQ training can overlook the connections BETWEEN people. 2/ You need both a “dense” network and a “wide” one. “What we know from decades of research is that dense networks build trust, but brokers [those who cast a wide net] get access to new and different information. That’s where creativity and innovation come from,” Noah explained. 3/ Breaking silos requires trust, and trust requires vulnerability “If you just tell people to introduce themselves or ‘network more,’ nothing changes,” he says. “Connection doesn’t deepen without some level of vulnerability.” Read the full article - https://lnkd.in/eCKRpHTz

"What's the point of psychoanalysis if it doesn't fix you?" asked author Katie Kitamura in an interview. "Well, the point is that it helps you see." This is also how I feel about learning the EQ framework, reading, writing, art, and many other things.

9 Bad Manager Mistakes That Make Good People Quit by Travis Bradberry, Chief People Scientist at LEADx: 1. They overwork people. 2. They don’t recognize contributions and reward good work. 3. They fail to develop people’s skills. 4. They don’t care about their employees. 5. They don’t honor their commitments. 6. They hire and promote the wrong people. 7. They don’t let people pursue their passions. 8. They fail to engage creativity. 9. They don’t challenge people intellectually. These come from Travis's new book, "The New Emotional Intelligence."