On this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I share the audio from an interview I did with Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda for her for a new podcast, Living and Leading with Emotional Intelligence.

Here’s the full interview on Brittney-Nichole’s YouTube channel.

Brittney-Nicole’s show coincides with the publication of a book she’s written on the topic of emotional intelligence, The EQ Deficiency.

Topics discussed: 

• How Brittney-Nichole came to be familiar with my work
• Definitions of tribalism and tribal psychology
• The evolutionary roots of tribal psychology; positive and negative aspects of tribalism
• Definition of polarization, and the effects of increasing polarization
• Why certain kinds of truth-seeking communication can only happen in the interstitial spaces between ideologically charged tribal zones
• Why “complexity is unstable” within polarized groups
• Strategies for improving our emotional intelligence by learning more about, and embracing, our tribal psychology
• Why “character is contextual”, and how we can take advantage of this fact for personal growth
• Mental models for understanding human nature and social change, and cultivating emotional intelligence

Here’s a selection of clips from the interview:

What is Tribal Psychology?

The Evolution of Tribalism

Pathological Tribalism

Within Polarized Tribes, Complexity is Unstable

Character is Contextual

Social Change Has Causes at Multiple Levels

A Learning Model for Personal Growth