Heart intelligence

and corporate governance

Heart Leadership University (HLU) has been created as a disruptive university aiming at transforming leaders through organizations and through heart intelligence.

An 18-month training program for leaders has been designed to allow them to display their empathetic abilities, their intuition and their courage and to apply the intelligence of the heart  within their company.

The pilot edition took place from September 2021 to January 2023. This first edition of the “Straight from the heart” course is also the “field” of study for two complementary research-action programs: the first, led by psychologist and sociologist researchers from IPBC, aims to study the intelligence of the heart in practice among program leaders. The second, entrusted to ProPhil consultancy and research, focuses on the link between HI and the type of corporate governance.

It has the following objectives:

  • To contribute to the enrichment of knowledge around the intelligence of the heart, and particularly in connection with governance: what are the issues at the intersection of governance and intelligence of the heart? What is governance by the heart and how it is applied in companies? What are the action levers?
  • To assess the impact of the course on transformations in terms of governance within the participating companies: what impact on the representations of the leaders vis-à-vis the governance of their company and their relationship to power? What organizational changes will be initiated (from shareholder capitalism to stakeholder capitalism or steward ownership, from business for profit to business for purpose)?
  • Provide recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the course and modules related to governance, in terms of content and form.
  • To propose innovative and didactic restitution formats in order to disseminate the results of the research program and to create more widely new imaginaries around governance powered by the heart.

Our

Research partner

Prophil is a mission-led company, specialized in research and consulting, focusing on companies’ contribution to the common good. They help committed entrepreneurs implement alternative strategies.