Behavioral Science for Emotional Intelligence, Part 4 of 4
This is the third of a four part learning series “16 Behavioral Science Concepts Most Leaders Were Never Taught | Taking Emotional Intelligence to the next level.”
In Part 4 on October 28 Wednesday, we move from the individual to the group with “Decide Better Together”. We will make use of four mental models that will help us address the groupthink trap, and make everyone better decision-makers, both individually and collectively: Hidden Profiles, Wisdom of Crowds, Evaluation Apprehension, and Leader Speaks Last (but not to judge).
Come join us on Wednesday, 28 October 2026. Two time zones to choose, one hour, on Zoom, free:
- Session A: 28 October 2026 (Wed) 18:00 SGT, UK 10:00, CET 11:00, Dubai 14:00
- Session B: 28 October 2026 (Wed) 22:00 SGT, US 10:00 EDT / 09:00 CDT / 07:00 PDT, UK 14:00, CET 15:00
The session will be in lecture and group discussion format. If you would like to come prepared, pre-reads will be available below:
Pre-reads
About the Series
16 Behavioral Science Concepts Most Leaders Were Never Taught
Taking Emotional Intelligence to the next level | A Four (+1) Part Series
Business schools, my alma mater INSEAD included, give serious attention to behavioral science today, taught through behavioral economics and decision science. The field has produced two Nobel Prizes in economics in the last twenty-five years, Daniel Kahneman in 2002 and Richard Thaler in 2017. Yet it has not made its way into mainstream leadership education with much effectiveness. The closest crossover is Emotional Intelligence, which earned its place in leadership development because it translated psychology into language leaders could use. Behavioral science has not had that translation done for it. Most leaders, even very senior ones, have never been taught it in any structured way.
This is a focus area for me. The premise I am working with is that behavioral science is most approachable for leaders when it is offered as an extension of Emotional Intelligence rather than a separate discipline. EI gave leaders permission to take feelings seriously in decisions. Behavioral science adds the mechanics: how emotions, perceptions, framing, time, and group dynamics actually shape what gets decided in the room.
This Dōjō series is my first attempt at that approach in a teaching format. I have selected 16 concepts and grouped them under four umbrellas, one per session, with a fifth session for application. The choice of concepts, the grouping, the sequence: all of it is a learning experiment. I am running this as a free Dōjō session to see how this lands and get feedback. Leaders, people professionals, fellow coaches and professors, come join.
The Four Parts + Wrap-Up Session
- Part 1 (completed) — Understand How Emotions and Perceptions Shape Judgement: Affect Heuristic. Integral vs. Incidental Emotions. Hot-Cold Emapathy Gap. Emotional Contagion.
- Part 2 (completed) — Frame Decisions and Design Choices: Prospect Theory. Defaults. Friction. If-Then Plans.
- Part 3 (completed) — Use Time and Tradeoffs to Your Advantage: Present Bias and Hyperbolic Discounting. Planning Fallacy. Sunk Cost Fallacy and Opportunity Cost Neglect. Goal-Gradient Effect.
- Part 4 (October 28 Wednesday, sign-up open) — Decide Better Together: Hidden Profiles. Wisdom of Crowds. Evaluation Apprehension. Leader Speaks Last (but not to judge).
- Wrap-up Session (November 2026, sign-up opens after Part 4) — A working session, not a recap, where we will run through the four lenses from the previous sessions on current leadership situations, a decision, a stuck initiative, a team dynamic, that participants will bring to the session.
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