The Best Leaders have Social Intelligence | Strive & Thrive No. 24
- Romesh Jeyaseelanayagam
- Dec 6, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Dec 22, 2025
We are excited to welcome Geoff Bird as our guest on Strive & Thrive Episode 24: The Best Leaders have Social Intelligence.
Professor Geoff Bird is a cognitive neuroscientist, holding professorships at the University of Oxford, University College London, and a visiting post at Radboud University, The Netherlands.
Author of around 240 papers, his work explores the neuroscience of individual and group performance, decision-making, social interaction, mental health, and neurodiversity.
His current focus is on improving decision making through neuroscience-informed approaches. Geoff has served as a Science Policy Advisor to the UK Government and is named among HR magazine’s “Most Influential HR Thinkers,” his clients include top global law firms, banks, consultancies, and government bodies.
Join Romesh Jeyaseelanayagam The FD Consultant), Mike Oliver (Easol) and guest speaker Geoff Bird as they discuss how the best leaders need and should develop social intelligence.
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