Yearly Archives: 2026
Why This Company Calls Its Managers ‘Talent Developers’
Across over 30 interviews with talent development leaders, one of the most common challenges is to get development programs to stick and become a...
This Company’s AI Instructional Designer Cuts Curriculum Costs By 88%, And The Training Is...
Traditional instructional design is slow and expensive. A typical curriculum takes 160 to 320 hours of designer labor, costs upward of $50,000, and moves...
All Decisions Are Emotional. New Research Shows How EQ Can Help
In 2018, an article called “Pulling the Goalie” went viral. The article looked at decision-making in hockey, and it completely debunked a core piece of...
Why Walmart Believes EQ Will Matter More Than Ever In The Age Of AI
In the early days of Walmart, many of its stores were in rural, hard-to-reach communities. Their founder, Sam Walton, cared so much about visiting each...
Why Friction Maxxing Should Be Your Go-To Emotional Intelligence Strategy In 2026
Kathryn Jezer-Morton recently wrote a viral article for The Cut saying that we should all try to make 2026 the year of “friction maxxing.”
“Tech companies are...
Most First-Time Leaders Are 33, But They Don’t Learn EQ Skills Until 42. Here’s...
When Madison Artist first became a people leader, she experienced firsthand one of the most rampant problems faced by new leaders. She now led...
How One L&D Leader Scales Emotional Intelligence Across Cross-Functional Teams
How do you scale high-quality leadership training to hundreds of leaders, especially when they lead radically different teams?
Across dozens of interviews with talent development leaders,...
The New Hard Hat: Why EQ Is Essential For Safety-First
The heavy construction and building materials sector is an industry traditionally dominated by command-and-control management styles. Yet in an industry where retention and safety...
5 Lessons From 40 EQ Experts: How To Scale Emotional Intelligence Training
According to reports like the McKinsey analysis on jobs and the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs, organizations are all scrambling to answer the same question: “What...
