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Emotional Success: The Power of Gratitude, Compassion and Pride

David focuses on what science shows about how to achieve long-lasting, sustained success, not the instant gratification, superficial high we might feel in the moment of a job well done.

- Talks at Google
January 10, 2018

Neuroscientist David DeSteno focuses on what science shows about how to achieve long-lasting, sustained success, not the instant gratification, superficial high we might feel in the moment of a job well done. Important to note: this isn't a self-help topic, but a scientific, evidence-based approach to the way our brains work when it comes to success.

Emotional Intelligence for Success

David proposes the power of emotions—gratitude, compassion and pride—versus more traditional cognitive strategies, in positively influencing behavior to achieve greater successes in our professional and personal lives.

- PopTech
October 21, 2016

Teams, Trust and Creativity

David explores the role of trustworthiness in the workplace and discusses the latest scientific research on how emotional cues can alter people's willingness to cooperate and trust each other.

- PopTech
September 2016

David DeSteno, psychology Professor at Northeastern University, explores the role of trustworthiness in the workplace and discusses the latest scientific research on how emotional cues can alter people's willingness to cooperate and trust each other.

Amplifying the Power of Teams

Humans are wired to work together, face-to-face, to pick-up social cues and body language. These social exchanges lead to team cohesion that enhances trust, compassion, and empathy. In distributed work environments, there is a technology challenge to find ways to read these emotions.

- PopTech
September 2016

Humans are wired to work together, face-to-face, to pick-up social cues and body language. These social exchanges lead to team cohesion that enhances trust, compassion and empathy. In distributed work environments there is a technology challenge to find ways to read these emotions.

The Truth About Trust

David stops by the Googleplex for a conversation about his latest book.

- Talks at Google
February 12, 2014

David stops by the Googleplex for a conversation about his latest book. You can find it on Google Play: http://goo.gl/OKDvNF . What really drives success and failure? Can I trust you? It's the question that strikes at the heart of human existence.

Compassion Science

David pries open the science behind human compassion.

- PopTech
October 19, 2012

David DeSteno directs the Social Emotions Lab at Northeastern University where his research is pulling back the curtain to reveal some of the mechanics that drive human compassion. “It is not the severity or the objective facts of a disaster that motivate us to feel compassion and to help. It is whether or not we see ourselves in the victims.”

Cultivating Compassion

David speaks at “The City Resilient,” a summit on urban resilience.

-PopTech
June 24, 2013
 

David DeSteno is currently a professor of psychology at Northeastern University where he directs the Social Emotions Lab. At the broadest level, DeSteno’s lab examines the mechanisms of the mind that shape social behavior. "Social resilience is really quite flexible."