What is emotional agility?

By Susan David February 27, 2025

Everyone is talking about the AI revolution. But the real revolution? The human skills revolution. As industries transform and jobs are reshaped—or replaced—our edge won’t be knowledge or expertise. It will be the capacities that make us human—capacities we can learn through emotional agility.

For more introductory content on emotional agility, check out this video.

Topics

Getting Started
Tough Emotions
Wellbeing

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Susan David

Susan David, Ph.D. is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her TED Talk on the topic of emotional agility has been seen by more than 10 million people. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal and often appears on national radio and television. Learn more.