Dr. Mahreen Khan is an organizational psychologist and Senior Quantitative Researcher of People Insights at Atlassian. She is the author of seven academic papers, including a 2021 meta-analysis that examines the decline in emotional intelligence (EI) among college students in the western world. We explore the four facets of EI, the correlation between technology use and the decline of EI, and the potential knock-on effects of this decline at the societal level. =======================0:00 Intro1:22 What attracted Mahreen to pursue a research related career?4:57 Joe Rogan posted about Mahreen’s paper on the decline of emotional intelligence6:42 The four facets of emotional intelligence used in the study8:30 Which facets of emotional intelligence are on the decline? 9:18 Increase in technology use predicted declines in emotional intelligence11:15 Why the study was focused on college students12:34 Are the declines more pronounced with males or females?13:45 Types of emotional intelligence and what emotional intelligence can predict17:09 How elastic are personality traits?18:50 The connection between wellbeing, self-control, and emotionality20:40 How is health linked to emotional intelligence?23:08 How might current macro trends be linked to declining emotional intelligence? 25:09 The life experience that helped Mahreen learn how to relate to various emotions 28:22 Is social media the worst form of content consumption?30:28 How communication impacts emotional intelligence32:05 How family stability impacts emotional intelligence35:52 The conversation about emotional intelligence in the workplace 38:55 How long has social intelligence and emotional intelligence been part of the lexicon? 39:28 How employers can use data to shape their employees’ experience  41:04 The future of emotional intelligence43:11 Elon Musk thinks every child should learn about these 50 cognitive biases44:15 If there is one, what’s the floor to the decline in emotional intelligence?45:31 “One Final Question”=======================LinkTree to support us and leave an Apple Podcast review (thank you!)Let's get in touch!Join the discussion in the episode comments on our YouTube channel or social media pages...InstagramTwitter

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