Welcome, 2015
2015 is a new beginning – Sherwin reflects on the how certain terms can be alienating …
14 Thoughts for Instagramming
I really enjoy Instagram. I get joy from posting photos to Instagram and also from seeing the photos that other folks are posting. Like other social media, I’m a bit of a late adopter. I’ve discovered that there are ways to be on Instagram with more and less emotional intelligence…
Getting the most out of my New Year resolutions
Joyous New Year. Not everyone makes resolutions. Not everyone makes resolutions that relate to emotional intelligence…
Emotionally intelligent features of the Bechdel Test
The Bechdel test is hitting the mainstream, and I think it has some emotionally intelligent features …
Emotional intelligence and Twitter
A surprising amount of meaning can me made in 140 characters. And as we say in brand management, it’s not what you say, it’s what people hear…
Pain is mandatory, suffering is optional
A friend is grieving the tragic death of a family member and has reached out to her community which includes me…
Interesting connection between the experience of awe and the percieved flow of time
In this video, Melanie Rudd explains the results of some research at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Do you have an experience of too little time? Are you time hungry? …
Empathy and good design
IDEO is a world leader in product design. The founder David Kelley tells us why empathy is so important to good design…
Is Optimism Weather Dependant?
Here in Calgary we are finally experiencing some nice warm (some would say ‘hot’) weather. It’s interesting how weather seems to affect our ability to be optimistic. It’s difficult to stay positive and upbeat when the weather is not so pleasant. You may not have noticed it when the weather is unpleasant for many days…
A Lot of Hot Air
by Catherine Burdett, Senior EQ Coach, EITC This past weekend was an extraordinary experience. For two full days, I was able to observe people in an environment chock-a-block full of opportunities to practice emotional intelligence. PICTURE THIS: Over “2000 athletes, coaches, parents and volunteers gathered at Calgary’s Talisman Centre to stage the Alberta Summer Swimming…
The Emotional Intelligence of Being ‘Here Now’
Have you noticed all the hype about back to school? I was at an office supply store yesterday and kids with their parents were everywhere frantically buying up school supplies. It was a little strange. August doesn’t seem like ‘back-to-school’ month! Well if you watch TV ads you might think it started in July. Why…
Emotional Intelligence in the Summer
The sun is finally shining here in Calgary and it finally feels like summer! It took long enough ;-) Now, I’m feeling lazy and I can’t get people on the telephone – they’re all on vacation! And I’m jealous. I wish I was on vacation. (okay, okay, the photo is not Calgary, but it’s summer…
Emotional Ponderings
I find it fascinating, “how fascinating!”, that one can be in “one of those moods” and not realize it…
Emotional Ponderings: “Focus”
Last month I blogged about ‘renewal’ and Spring and doing things differently. This month I feel stuck in the decision to do things differently…
Music, emotion and a common human brain? Maybe.
This exhibition from the World Science Festival, from the panel on “Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus” is a good example of leadership and raises interesting questions about the universality of human capacity and human experience…