Thrive with EQ: Mastering Safety, Resilience, and Well-Being in an AI World

Nadja El Fertasi spent nearly two decades working at NATO, which is not the background you typically see on an emotional intelligence podcast. That experience in international security and digital transformation gave her a distinctive lens: she treats emotional intelligence as infrastructure, something organizations need to build into their systems the same way they build cybersecurity protocols. The podcast, with around 52 episodes, explores the intersection of emotional intelligence and the challenges created by AI, digital disruption, and remote work. El Fertasi coined the term "emotional firewalls" to describe how individuals and teams can build resilience against the psychological toll of constant digital exposure, and many episodes return to this concept from different angles. She interviews leaders, researchers, and organizational psychologists about topics like why soft skills are the hardest to automate, how EQ-driven leadership helps organizations navigate AI regulations, and what it means to foster a culture of psychological safety in workplaces undergoing rapid technological change. The framing is corporate and strategic rather than personal and therapeutic, which makes this a good fit for people in management, HR, or organizational development. Episodes run at a moderate length and the production is professional. If you work in a field being reshaped by AI and want to understand the human side of that transformation, this podcast connects dots that most emotional intelligence shows ignore entirely.