Merve Emre on emotional intelligence as corporate control (Re-release)

梅尔韦·埃姆雷(Merve Emre)谈情商作为企业控制力(重新发布)

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2024-12-31

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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. This episode originally aired on June 8, 2021. You can find the full transcript for this episode at go.ted.com/T4GTscript6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Hey, listeners.

  • Today we're sharing a past episode of Rethinking from the Archives.

  • Enjoy.

  • Hi, I am Merve Emre.

  • I am an associate professor of English at the University of Oxford and a regular contributor to the New Yorker.

  • Where are you right now?

  • Well, there are two answers to that.

  • First, I'm in Berlin.

  • I'm on a fellowship this year at the Wissenschaftskolleg, which has been wonderful.

  • But second, I'm under a blanket because I needed to be under a blanket in my office, which has very, very high ceilings, so I cannot see anything except the inside of this blanket.

  • And I've never had a conversation in these conditions.

  • Well, luckily, podcasting works perfectly in the dark, so that shouldn't be a problem.

  • Hi everyone, it's Adam Grann.

  • Welcome back to Rethinking my podcast on the science of what makes us tick.

  • I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.

  • Merveille's work consistently makes me think again.

  • One of her gifts is revealing how our psychology is shaped by the broader culture around us.

  • A few years ago, she published a fascinating book on the history of the Myers Briggs type indicator and the problems with personality tests.

  • And recently she wrote a brilliant article on how emotional intelligence has been co opted as a form of corporate control.

  • Get ready to rethink some of your core assumptions about emotions at work.