Daniel Goleman, author of "Emotional Intelligence," asks why we aren't more compassionate more of the time.

Daniel Goleman, psychologist and award-winning author of Emotional Intelligence and other books on EI, challenges traditional measures of intelligence as a predictor of life success.

A humanist in Silicon Valley, Tim Leberecht argues that in a time of artificial intelligence, big data and the quantification of everything, we are losing sight of the importance of the emotional and social aspects of our work.

About this event: Session Three: IQ and EQ - The space between our intellectual and emotional intelligence.

About this event: Why? Because its always exiting to meet interesting people and so many times leave with much more then you came with... Who? You... When? December 12th, 2012 "12/12/12" 7:00pm-9:00pm Where? Kafka Caffe and bookshop, valnu iela 26 Riga, Center, Facing Galeria Centers https://www.facebook.com/KAFKA.kafija What? We will all figu...

About this event: This will be an open discussion on Emotional Intelligence. Come learn more about this fascinating concept and it’s impact on your personal and business success. Developing this critical skill is more important than ever before to personal and professional success. For more information contact Lorie Womack at (435)627-2706.

About this event: The goal of the event will be to stimulate a reassessment among the participants in regards to the way they and we live, what makes us happy, what makes us sad, what are the contradictions in our current society and what can we essentially change and have a happier life as soon as, well, as soon as now. Furthermore, we will bring attention to ...

About this event: Please join us from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m on Friday, February 6 in the Black Box Theater at Main Street Landing, 60 Lake St., Burlington, Vermont. The theme of the TEDx Ed talks will be “Growing Up.” The event will feature more than ten speakers presenting on issues ranging from emotional intelligence, to multicultural support, to the effects of pla...

Arianna Huffington's small idea to help you unlock your big ideas: Sleep more. "I learned the hard way the value of sleep," said Arianna Huffington at TEDWomen in 2010. "Two and a half years ago, I fainted from exhaustion, and I hit my head on my desk." (Watch: Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep.) Since then, the media mogul has...

About this event: Join us for TEDxGatewayArch's next event with live talks. Here are this month's line up of speakers and topics: Jeremy Epperson - "A Book is Always Judged by Its Cover" Brad Lucas - "Emotional Intelligence and Success" Brad Gutting - "Overcoming the Element of Blank: Making a Case for Instability and Insanity" No cover charge - Drin...

About this event: Tonight we will watch 'Why Aren't We More Compassionate?' a talk by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence. He asks us to consider why we aren't more compassionate more of the time. We will also watch 'A Radical Experiment in Empathy,' by sociologist Sam Richards, founder of the World in Conversation project. Discussion of both talks...

About this event: In a complex world like ours, learning has become the key to open the doors of endless opportunities. Learning decides who we become in the future and how we will impact others’ lives and eventually society at large. Who learns? How do we learn? What do we learn and why? Who organizes learning and what is learning going to look like in the futur...

About this event: What does the future hold for humanity in the next 30-50 years? And how should we future-proof ourselves? Thinking about whats to come, we will cover emotional intelligence (self-care) and how its development can aid in being a good human being, have better life relationships, and be at peace with self with exercises such as practicing mindful...

About this event: We are all looking to the future and, more specifically, building toward it. But barreling ahead to construct a better future for ourselves and our children risks leaving some great things behind in the dust. Our 2019 TEDxEustis theme asks us to consider how our plans for the future should be altered to ensure that we carry forward the best idea...

Our unresolved, unacknowledged feelings can lead us into anxiety, arguments and worse. Some educators believe it’s time to give our kids emotional instruction along with their ABCs. Who taught you how to identify and manage your emotions, how to recognize them when they arose and navigate your way through them? For many adults, the answer is: N...

About this event: Simply put, disruptive innovation creates a new market or way of doing things. A great example of this is something we use every day -- e-mail. When e-mail waas introduced it rapidly changed the way we communicated and did business. Similarly, the ecology of leadership is always evolving. We want to observe this regenerative design as the worl...

IBM's Raphael Arar creates art and designs experiences that examine the complexities of our increasingly technocentric lives.

About this event: TEDxStillwater presents... The Space Between, the second annual TEDxWomen Conference, which was inspired by the first ever TEDWomen Conference in 2010. We are excited to host a live-stream viewing party for this year’s TEDxWomen Conference. TEDxWomen is a TEDx event organized by the Paley Center for Media that focuses on women and women'...

About this event: Our event is called “TEDxTarguMuresSalon”, where the x stands for an independently organized TED event. At “TEDxTarguMuresSalon” we will mix recorded speeches from TEDx conferences, with socializing moments with the purpose of creating deep discussions among the participants and their close ones. The theme we chose for this event, Reinvent your...

About this talk: “Every now and then, a truly stellar new technology emerges, and it always takes us to places we never imagined,” says blockchain specialist Mike Schwartz. Like the combustion engine, the telephone, and the Internet before it, blockchain promises to transform how human society functions. We’re not there yet, but if all goes as p...

Few people see the world in simple black-and-white terms -- instead, most of us, women and men alike, experience a wide spectrum of color, a world of differing viewpoints and nuance. This year's TEDxWomen, themed “The Space Between,” will explores the gradiation of the world around us. The event will feature six sessions: “Poverty and Plenty...

Dena Simmons believes that creating a safe environment for children is an essential component of education.

TED is coming to Broadway. And curious minds of all kinds are invited. “TED Talks Live” will bring six nights of talks to The Town Hall Theater in New York City’s Theater district this November. The program will focus on three topics: The Education Revolution, War & Peace and Science & Wonder. Each night will be a thought-provokin...

One of Google's earliest engineers, Chade-Meng Tan is now Google's Jolly Good Fellow -- the head of personal growth at the groundbreaking search company.

About this event: We are excited to host TEDxHillAFB for a fourth time. The event is scheduled for 16 September at 3 p.m., in the Landing's Enlisted dance floor area. This thought provoking and always free 90 minute program will include several pre-recorded TED Talks, and highlight two local HillAFB speakers… Catherine Emang and Kasey Thompson. Catherine Ema...

About this event: The first TEDxFulhamWomen event was held on Saturday December 1st 2012 at Broadway House, a private members club in the heart of Fulham. This was a gathering of women living or working in West London, to watch and discuss the TEDxWomen conference livestream together and share some food and views on women, careers and the world. The Agenda: ...

About this event: TEDxMontTremblantFemmes favorise l'échange d'idées qui méritent d'être partagées en organisant des conférences, des visionnements et en animant une communauté de gens passionnés. Les innovations et les idées créatrices se côtoieront lors du premier TEDxMontTreamblantFemmes. Une journée de conférences brèves, dynamiques et stimulantes sous le ...

As usual, the TED community has lots of news to share this week. Below, some highlights. Human rights for chimps? This week, TED2015 speaker Steven Wise and his organization, The Nonhuman Rights Project, successfully argued for Hercules and Leo, two chimpanzees who have been used for medical experimentation at Stony Brook University, to be ...

This Friday, TED Radio Hour kicks off its third season. As one of the editorial consultants for the show on TED’s side, I am always impressed with the way Guy Raz and his team experiment with new ways of storytelling. In Friday’s episode, we’ll solve for x; the week after, we’ll take a look at the power of play. But before we move forward...

About this event: You are cordially invited to the next TEDxTheHague salon! Our February edition — themed Give or Take? — is curated by TEDxTheHague: "Finger-pointing is easy. Armored with blame, we can condemn, accuse and hate others with smug moral superiority. Compassion, on the other hand, makes blame disappear. But why is compassion so hard? And what can w...