As an engineer by trade who went on to launch an A.I.-based, e-commerce focused, advertising platform, many assume that I haven't had to strongly rely on the emotional intelligence of other people. That could not be further from the truth.
While bad tech can single-handedly sink even the most promising company, great technology will always need the superior instincts of insightful human beings in order to realize its full potential. When it comes to picking winners and losers, smart investors will always gauge the level of emotional intelligence at play behind key hiring decisions, judgment calls on development, methodology driving the branding strategy, and most importantly, receptivity to new technology.
Openness to emerging innovation might not be a full-proof indicator of emotional intelligence, but an utter lack of it is definitely a red flag. From the newly emerging to the firmly established, I have worked with thousands of Amazon merchants from vastly diverse backgrounds, and the one common trait that the successful ones all seem to share is emotional intelligence.
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While bad tech can single-handedly sink even the most promising company, great technology will always need the superior instincts of insightful human beings in order to realize its full potential. When it comes to picking winners and losers, smart investors will always gauge the level of emotional intelligence at play behind key hiring decisions, judgment calls on development, methodology driving the branding strategy, and most importantly, receptivity to new technology.
Openness to emerging innovation might not be a full-proof indicator of emotional intelligence, but an utter lack of it is definitely a red flag. From the newly emerging to the firmly established, I have worked with thousands of Amazon merchants from vastly diverse backgrounds, and the one common trait that the successful ones all seem to share is emotional intelligence.
Continue reading: https://www.inc.com/daniel-knijnik/why-emotionally-intelligent-people-embrace-artificial-intelligence.html
