Jennifer Edwards brings two decades of behavioral neuroscience and Fortune 100 leadership experience to Santa Clara audiences. Past Santa Clara-region work includes Intel.
Emotional intelligence has become a buzzword — repeated in performance reviews, included in leadership competencies, and almost never actually taught. Jennifer Edwards's TEDx talk "Elevate Your EQ" — viewed by audiences worldwide — translates two decades of behavioral neuroscience research into practices leaders can use the same week. Not a personality test. Not a vocabulary list. A trainable skill rooted in how the brain actually works.
Santa Clara's semiconductor and engineering leadership audiences have seen every flavor of soft-skills training and remain — appropriately — skeptical. Jennifer's work at Intel and her behavioral neuroscience grounding make her EQ keynote a different kind of session: one that respects the rigor of the audience and offers a model of emotional intelligence that engineering leaders can verify, train, and deploy.
Why emotional intelligence is not a personality trait — and the specific neurological practices that build it in working leaders.
How to detect and respond to the emotional currents that shape every meeting, negotiation, and decision.
Why emotional intelligence is the bridge across the four-generation workforce now sitting in the same Zoom call.
"Jennifer didn't just inspire our audience — she transformed how they think about communication. The standing ovation was just the beginning."
Monica Smith · Revel Eleven Events"In healthcare, we need leaders who understand both the science and the humanity. Jennifer delivers exactly that. Our teams are still talking about her insights."
Toby Marsh · Chief Nurse Executive, Kaiser PermanenteJennifer delivers in-person keynotes and workshops in Santa Clara and the surrounding region, and virtually for hybrid and remote events. Past Santa Clara-region work has included Intel leadership work. Her team responds to booking inquiries within 48 hours.