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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ 25th Anniversary edition by Daniel Goleman. As a science journalist Daniel reports on brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times.

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman

Daniel is a co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning. Originally at the Yale Child Studies Center, it is now at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In addition, he currently co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University.

Daniel is recognized with the Washburn Award for science journalism. The American Psychological Association awarded Daniel a Lifetime Career Award. Furthermore, Daniel is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

In addition, he has also organized a series of intensive conversations between the Dalai Lama and scientists, which resulted in the books Healthy Emotions, and Destructive Emotions.

Initially published in 1995, this book was on The New York Times bestseller list for almost two years, selling over five million copies in 40 languages. The Harvard Business Review has called Emotional Intelligence “a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea.” In addition, his article “What Makes a Leader” is one of ten “must-read” articles from its pages. His book Focus is also a very interesting and insightful book.

In addition, Emotional Intelligence is one of the 25 “Most Influential Business Management Books” by TIME Magazine. Finally, The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Accenture Institute for Strategic Change have listed Daniel among the most influential business thinkers.

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman is a book for our coronavirus moment. Chapter 12: Patterns, Systems, and Messes addresses the 1918 flu pandemic. Does Focus have your attention now? Goleman provides many insights we need to understand today. He delivers direct lessons for our new coronavirus world.

Maybe what readers should enjoy is a quick test on your reading memory. What? A memory test in a book? Ah…Yes. This approach brings into sharp ‘focus’ how we read.

Focus addresses how business needs to pay more attention to the market. The refrigerator business does not change. The mobile handset market dramatically changed.

Goleman addresses the sharp rise and sudden fall of Blackberry. A smartphone market lesson would not be complete without a story of Steve Jobs and the iPhone.

And to some extent what Goleman may have missed was the demise of Blackberry was their simple lack of ‘focus’ on 4G networks. Yes, Blackberry actually stayed with 3G, did not embrace 4G just as mobile began BYOD.

Blackberry’s leadership (engineering backgrounds) led them to success very early in the mobile device marketplace. They rested on their laurels. The iPhone killed their company. Smartphones do not equal, as Goleman suggests a refrigerator marketplace. He points to many lessons about corporate shooting stars.