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.

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

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

MIT Professor Rosalind Picard invents technologies that help people better understand emotion and behaviors that impact human health.

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

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: ** This Salon is a free event but you must register using the ticket link below. ** The World Economic Forum’s report on ‘Future of Jobs’ lists ‘Emotional Intelligence’ (EI) in the top 10 skills needed to thrive in the 4th Industrial revolution. Research from Harvard, Stanford, and Carnegie Foundation show that 85–87% of our success accounts fr...

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: 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...

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: 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: 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...

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: The first edition of TEDxAlbacete event will be celebrated under OUTSPOKEN theme and will be held at the "Centro Cultural de la Asunción", a former convent that nowadays stands as a library, exhibition and conference centre. We love speaking frankly and we need more people doing this. At the event we do not only want to talk in a direct way, but...

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...

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...

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...

David Hanson's robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an "emotional" live demo of the Einstein robot offers a peek at a future where robots truly mimic humans.

When venture investor Natalie Fratto is determining which start-up founder to support, she doesn't just look for intelligence or charisma; she looks for adaptability. In this insightful talk, Fratto shares three ways to measure your "adaptability quotient" -- and shows why your ability to respond to change really matters.

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...

By some estimates, work-related stress drains the US economy of nearly 300 billion dollars a year -- and it can hurt your productivity and personal health too, says wellness advocate Rob Cooke. He shares some strategies to help put your mental, physical and emotional well-being back at the forefront.

It's a common saying that elephants never forget. But the more we learn about elephants, the more it appears that their impressive memory is only one aspect of an incredible intelligence that makes them some of the most social, creative, and benevolent creatures on Earth. Alex Gendler takes us into the incredible, unforgettable mind of an elephant.

About this event: A particular perspective is a particular way of thinking about something, especially one that is influenced by your beliefs or experiences. A way of regarding situations, facts and judging their relative importance.The proper or accurate point of view or the ability to see it; objectivity. The theory of suggesting three dimensions on a two-dime...

Computers can beat us in board games, transcribe speech, and instantly identify almost any object. But will future robots go further by learning to figure out what we're feeling? Kostas Karpouzis imagines a future where machines and the people who run them can accurately read our emotional states — and explains how that could allow them to assis...

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...