Don't Be So Emotional

What if being "too emotional" is actually being TOO equipped for the leadership our world needs? I reveal the $12 trillion cost of dismissing emotional intelligence while demonstrating how those labeled "too emotional" consistently drive the most valuable system changes. From female environmental activists dismissed as naive "tree huggers" who created today's multi-billion sustainability market, to safety whistleblowers ignored until disasters strike, I show a clear pattern: emotional intelligence identifies system failures early. It's also the pathway to solving them.

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I argue that empathy, collaboration, resilience, and holistic thinking aren't "soft skills"—they're the hard skills required to solve interconnected global challenges that traditional siloed leadership cannot address. Through data-driven examples and real-world case studies, I make the business case for embracing what we've systematically devalued, showing how emotional intelligence is the key to transforming our approach to climate change, inequality, and organizational dysfunction.

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This is a recording from a live event in Berlin, June 2025. It was co-designed and co-organized by Hadas Zucker with The Do School and Womxn for Climate tech and Innovation where Hadas also serves as Advisory Board Member.