The Core Skills You Need to be employable in 2030

Hosted by Zena Collins

Fri, Nov 14, 2025

5:30 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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What you'll learn

Recognize emotions as data

Learn the science behind how emotions inform decisions, behavior, and team performance so you can interpret the data.

Measure your emotional reasoning

Complete a short Emotional Maths® Emotional Intelligence Quiz to identify your current strengths and blind spots.

Practice “both/and” thinking

Apply diunital logic to balance opposing emotions (like fear and excitement) and stay centered during rapid change

Expand your emotional vocabulary

Use FeelWise™ framework to move beyond “good” and “stressed” into 156+ nuanced emotional states to increase awareness

Apply the SUMMS™ Blueprint

Translate insights into action using the Emotional Maths® model —a repeatable process for decision making.

Why this topic matters

AI is transforming how we work—but not who we are. The real competitive edge in the AI era isn’t just technical skill; it’s emotional capacity—the ability to understand, regulate, and apply emotions as data. In this 30-minute Lightning Lesson, Zena Collins, creator of Emotional Maths®, introduces the science of emotional intelligence through the MSCEIT² ability model and the SUMMS™ Blueprint.

You'll learn from

Zena Collins

Founder, Emotional Maths® | Director of Business Development, Grand Strategy Con

Zena Tuitt Collins is an Emotional Intelligence Architect and creator of the Emotional Maths® framework, a science-based method that helps leaders transform emotional data into performance intelligence. With over 30 years of experience in organizational change and leadership development—spanning Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and creative industries—Zena bridges the gap between human emotion and emerging technology.

Certified in the MSCEIT² Emotional Intelligence Assessment, Zena integrates neuroscience, Afrocentric diunital logic (“both/and” reasoning), and behavioral science to teach leaders how to thrive in AI-driven workplaces without losing their humanity. Her signature approach combines the FeelWise™ 156-emotion vocabulary system and the SUMMS™ Blueprint (See, Understand, Make, Manage, Sustain) to help teams regulate emotions, reduce burnout, and lead with empathy and clarity.

Zena has trained executives, educators, and creatives worldwide to “use emotion as data, not drama”—equipping them with the emotional capacity to adapt, innovate, and sustain high-impact change. Her work sits at the intersection of emotional intelligence, AI readiness, and cultural leadership, redefining what it means to be emotionally intelligent in the modern age of automation.

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