Merve Emre on Emotional Intelligence as Corporate Control

ReThinking

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4.7 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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It’s been 25 years since the concept of emotional intelligence exploded onto the scene. Cultural critic Merve Emre makes a bold case that in the wrong hands, it can be used to exploit people. We unpack the surprising roots of emotional intelligence, how it’s been co-opted as a form of corporate control, and why you might want to rethink some of your core assumptions about emotions at work. You can find the full transcript for this episode at go.ted.com/T4GTscript6

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1:17.8	Claire worked in the marketing department for an up-and-coming artisan bakery. Unfortunately, the artisan bakery in question was so up and coming.
1:28.1	Nobody actually knew it existed.
1:30.8	But then she had the really good idea to use Canva to create a business plan.
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1:59.9	Hi, I am Mervais Emre.
2:02.5	I am an associate professor of English at the University of Oxford and a regular contributor
2:08.7	to the New Yorker.
2:10.5	Where are you right now?
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