Gina Hayden's thoughts

I’m very excited: it seems that Ov (Professor Ovidiu Brazdau), originator of the Consciousness Quotient (or CQ) is keen to collaborate on finding ways to make CQ applicable in the world through research.  He has set up a research institute in his native Budapest and has a whole host of psychologists working on the instrument.  He’s very positive about working with us to look at how it can be applied.

Here are some immediate thoughts:

I’d like to measure the CQ of coaching clients before and after a cycle of consciousness coaching.  In theory, their consciousness levels should go up, which should be reflected in the CQ re-test.

Then, I’d like to use the CQ as a measure of consciousness before and after a workshop we are devising on raising consciousness in organisations called ‘Conscious Self-Management – From EQ to CQ’.  It builds on Goleman’s EQ work because, in actuality, relationship and emotional intelligence are just one of the dimensions on which we can become more conscious.  This is not to undermine Goleman’s excellent body of work, but we now have the opportunity to go further, broader, deeper – thanks to the natural evolution of our knowledge and thinking.

This is one incredibly exciting field to pioneering in.

See the article here: Demystifying the Consciousness Quotient (Sept 2010)