Susan David, Ph.D.

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Leading Management Thinker & Bestselling Author; The Visionary Behind "Emotional Agility"

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Susan David, Ph.D.: Biography at a Glance

  • Susan David , Ph.D. is an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist and one of the world’s top management thinkers, bringing two decades of groundbreaking research on how emotions drive our decisions, performance, and wellbeing.
  • Her bestselling book Emotional Agility was named a Harvard Business Review “Management Idea of the Year” and a Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea, equipping leaders and teams with the psychological skills to thrive in complexity and change.
  • Susan has guided companies and institutions such as Google, Microsoft, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, and Nasdaq, helping them harness emotional intelligence to fuel innovation, resilience, and sustainable success.
  • Her TED Talk on emotional agility has surpassed 10 million views, and her insights regularly appear in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, making her one of today’s most sought-after voices on navigating human emotions.
  • By showing how emotional skills improve careers, relationships, health, and happiness, Susan empowers audiences to embrace change, unlock authentic leadership, and build cultures that thrive in today’s ever-changing world.

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Biography

Susan David, Ph.D. is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. She has spent the past two decades studying how the way we navigate our emotions shapes everything that matters: our actions, careers, relationships, health, and happiness. Her #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Emotional Agility—based on the concept that Harvard Business Review heralded as a “Management Idea of the Year” and winner of the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award—describes the psychological skills critical to thriving in times of complexity and change. Emotional Agility has been translated into 30 languages and is the winner of numerous accolades including Amazon’s Best Books of the Year Award and the Books for a Better Life Psychology Award. Dr. David’s TED Talk on emotional agility has been viewed by more than 10 million people.

Named to the Thinkers50 global list of the top management thinkers, Dr. David is a sought-after keynote speaker and advisor, with clients that include the World Economic Forum, Ernst & Young, the United Nations, Google, Microsoft, Nasdaq, and many other national and multinational organizations. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal and a guest on national radio and television.

Dr. David trained as a clinical psychologist. She completed her Ph.D. and a post-doctorate at Yale University on emotions research. She is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and is a Cofounder of the Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School/McLean affiliate). She lives with her family outside of Boston.

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Who’s in Charge: The Thinker or the Thought?
Discomfort is the Price of Admission to a Meaningful Life (Leadership)
Courage is Fear Walking: How to Thrive in Turbulent Times (Leading Change)
Walk Your Why: How to Use Emotional Agility to Align Values and Actions Across Your Organization (Culture)
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