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What’s the Role of Emotions in Driving Change?
Emotions play a huge role in determining whether change efforts fail or succeed. Josh Freedman uses a personal example to talk about the role emotions play in driving – or not driving – change.
Posted November 5, 2018 by in Life
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Why Is Change So Difficult
Why is change so difficult? Six Seconds’ CEO Josh Freedman talks about the personal and neurological reasons why change can be so hard.
Posted September 23, 2018 by in Life
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Why Change Is So Hard
Do people not change because they are lazy? This video from Fast Company looks at fascinating psychology research into exhaustion and self-control – and the neuroscience that makes change so difficult. Old patterns take far less energy to follow than new ones!
Posted September 10, 2018 by in Life
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What Have You Changed Your Mind About?
From kids’ dreams and tastes in music to really impactful changes like deciding to forgive someone, people ages 0 to 100 share what they have changed their mind about in this cool video from Soul Pancake.
Posted May 21, 2018 by in Life
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Artificial Intelligence and EQ
People are scared that artificial intelligence and automation will take over much of what humans do today. And while this fear is legitimate, humans have a unique ability to get insight and inspiration from themselves and others, and that will never be taken over by AI. This video has been produced by Six Seconds.
Posted April 9, 2018 by in Life
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The Outdated Management Rulebook – and How to Move Past It
Josh Freedman and Max Ghini discuss how most organizations seem to operating and organizing themselves based on a rulebook from the 1950s. Is a new rulebook necessary to succeed in today’s world?
Posted March 26, 2018 by in Business
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The 21st Century Demands Agility – How Can Businesses Do It?
Katharine Roff, Director of ACT Positive UK – talks about how essential it is to be agile and creative instead of rigid in today’s business world.
Posted February 15, 2018 by in Business
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Embracing a Different, More Successful Approach to Change
Research says 70% of change efforts end in failure. How can your business stay in the 30%? Hint: we focus too much on the cognitive reasons to bring people on board. This short video describes a different approach to change.
Posted December 26, 2017 by in Business
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Vital Organizations, More Important Than Ever
In an ever changing, dynamic business world – with alarmingly high levels of employee disengagement – it’s more important than ever to have a vital organization. But how do you do that?
Posted November 9, 2017 by in Business
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EQ Change for Assessors
In this video from Six Seconds, Josh Freedman and Yoshimi Miyazaki discuss the change process, which you can use for yourself and for helping clients make positive changes in their lives.
Posted September 7, 2017 by in Business , Life
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New Vision for Education
This short video talks about the work of the New Vision for Education Project. Many of us recognize the need to refocus on the foundational, social and emotional skills that underlie success in the classroom and in life, and New Vision for Education takes a look at the role technology will play in that transformation.
Posted March 9, 2017 by in Education
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Reaction Cycle Video
In this short video, Josh Freedman discusses the reaction cycle and ways for everyone to deescalate. An empowering reminder that we can take control and be less reactive by practicing awareness of where we are in the cycle. Are you carrying around pent up frustrations?
Posted September 20, 2016 by in Life
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