Dan Hill

Boost Business with EQ! Dan Hill, Ph.D., an emotional intelligence expert, has helped Fortune 100 brands decode customer emotions for better engagement and sales.

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In A Whole New Mind, I explored the value of facial coding to grasp the emotions that animate and drive our behavior. I’ve known Dan’s work for 20 years by now, having endorsed both his book Emotionomics and his later book Famous Faces Decoded. Whether in prose or in-person, Dan stands ready to share with wit and insights his expertise for audiences like leaders and salespeople who especially need to understand the feelings of people with whom they’re trying to find common ground.

Daniel Pink, author of seven New York Times bestseller and former chief speechwriter for Al Gore

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Why book Dan Hill for your next event

Recognized Media Expert Worldwide – Featured on CNN, Fox, and NY Times, Dan translates EQ insights into real-world business impact.
Industry-Leading Facial Coding Expert – With 20+ years of research, Dan teaches companies how to read emotions effectively now.
Enhance Leadership & Team Dynamics – Learn how to read emotional cues to improve communication, trust, and employee engagement.

Dan Hill is an emotional intelligence (EQ) pioneer whose landmark book Emotionomics was heralded by Philip Kotler as “a revelation” and features a foreword by Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons. Dan’s expertise is gauging personalities through people’s signature expressions. From whom to hire (or marry) to how you can best motivate employees and win over customers, he happily unravels the mysteries of human nature.

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Keynote by Dan Hill: Decoding Faces: Learn What People Can’t or Won’t Say

The 25 square inches from our eyebrows to chin have been called the most valuable real estate on earth, and for good reason. Not only our four of our five senses located there, the face signifies our gender, race, health and physical attractiveness as well as how we are feeling. During a typical social interaction, people produce on average 101 facial movements per minute—a wealth of information that the business world has to date typically failed to leverage.

In this lively, informative and fun talk, Dan takes his audience through the seven emotions of happiness, surprise, anger, fear, sadness, disgust and contempt—with a special emphasis on how not every smile you see means what you may think it does.

As an emotional intelligence expert, Dan explains the significance of a variety of expressions in various business situations. From leaders handling vital negotiations to salespeople trying to win a contract or managers securing nonverbal input on what their staff members are feeling and how best to motivate them, Dan’s facial coding skill provides an invaluable, unique tool everyone can use.

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Keynote by Dan Hill: Trust: Is It Your Biggest Advantage or Largest Expense?

Trust has long been called “the emotion of business” and yet you couldn’t tell that from how carelessly companies often manage this vital asset on a day-by-day basis. Across all parts of a company, the ability to build, maintain and (when necessary) regain trust determines both the extent of revenue growth and employee productivity and retention. Capability & Competency; Reliability & Consistency; Caring & Reciprocity; Transparency & Honesty—those are the four pillars of trust that no company can do without. As an emotional intelligence expert, Dan takes you through unique case study examples drawn from his company’s 20+ year history of studying the emotional dynamics at work in applications ranging from M&A and re-orgs, to how a company manages to be both on- message and on-emotion in delivering speeches, sales pitches, and performance reviews.

Too often, companies settle for cordial hypocrisy in making interactions feel more transactional than sincere. In this talk, Dan paints a clear picture of how a company can attain genuine trust through the practical commitments and practices it requires.

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Workshop by Dan Hill: The Secret Sauce: 23 Facial Expressions That Unlock the World

Take the world’s most famous art mystery—what is Mona Lisa feeling?—and apply it now to business instead. What are the people you lead, manage, negotiate with or sell to feeling in the moment? What a huge, actionable, informational advantage to know the answer and respond effectively.

Thanks to this workshop, you’ll learn from a certified facial expression (de)coder the 23 expressions that will clue you into what others are experiencing, and how to navigate forward accordingly.

Dan Hill has analyzed everything from presidential contenders (for CNN and Fox) to Supreme Court justices (for The Wall Street Journal) to QB’s and other players for the NFL’s Combine Director. As former president Lyndon B. Johnson’s said, “If you can’t walk into a room and know who’s with you and who’s against you, you ain’t worth spit as a politician.”

The same can be said of anyone who’s trying to influence, win over, or sell to others. This workshop doesn’t offer nice-to-know insights. The business world isn’t B2B or B2C, it’s B2P—business to people, so here’s must-have info all the way.

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Customer Reviews

Daniel Pink, author of seven New York Times bestseller and former chief speechwriter for Al Gore

While I know that Dan has spoken to other audiences in-person in the UK and even remotely with great success for colleagues of mine affiliated with the University of Manchester, I know Dan best from being a guest on his podcast “Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight.” I’ve devoted my career to improving business practices, especially around mental well-being at work, and am only too happy to report that Dan deeply shares my commitment to this worthy cause. You’ll find Dan both very informed and yet spontaneous and warm-hearted, too. Give him the opportunity to delight audiences with his learnings and they won’t come away anything other than delighted, I assure you.

Sir Cary Cooper,

As an expert of the sales process and emotional intelligence, I endorse strongly what Dan can bring to the stage. Any salesperson, no matter their level of experience, will benefit from Dan’s knowledge of which expressions reveal which emotions. It's called reading the room. And in this day and age of in person and virtual selling, these skills are even more important. As a guest on Dan’s podcast. “Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight,” I can tell you he’s vivacious, witty, informed, and highly articulate. Most of all, he’s the real deal, which is what everyone is looking for today.

Colleen Stanley, author of Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success;

Homer Simpson is closer to reality in discussing human nature and how and why we behave the way we do than relying on Rodin’s The Thinker sculptor piece for guidance. Somebody who gets that readily is Dan Hill, whose podcast was a delight to be on. The same guy evident there—an emotional intelligence specialist with a lively, sharp manner to him—is sure to delight audiences. Give him a chance to discuss really, frankly, almost anything from branding to marketing, sales, and the customer experience and you’ll be delighted, too. With 20 years of unique research projects for blue-chip companies to draw on, Dan can dazzle.

John List, Professor in behavioral economics,

Experiences—my specialty--are inherently emotional experiences, and when it comes to diagnosing such experiences adroitly nobody I know is better equipped to tackle the task and present it well to audiences worldwide than Dan Hill. I endorsed both his book Emotionomics and his follow-up book, Famous Faces Decoded, with zeal because Dan is an excellent communicator, both in prose and in person, as I’ve witnessed in part by being his guest on his podcast Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight. I know that he can deliver insights backed by proof from a large backlog of projects completed for blue-chip clients as to what consumers feel in multiple situations and how companies can best address their needs.

B. Joseph Pine II,

As a business futurist and AI expert, I look for broad-minded, creative minds—and spirits—that anticipate the future with verve. As I discovered by appearing as a guest on “Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight” podcast, Dan is exactly that kind of person. His pioneering role in applying emotional intelligence to innovation is a natural fit given that Dan was raised in a 3M company household, where “innovation” and “quality” were bywords. Want to be engaged by somebody who can combine a humanistic perspective with a focus on sentient AI technology applied to business solutions? Dan is your guy!

Jonathan Brill, #1 Ranked Futurist in the World by Forbes

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The Power of Emotional Intelligence

For anybody who was ever a fan of Fox’s primetime hit series Lie to Me or enjoyed the hugely successful Inside Out movies, Dan Hill is your guy. As a certified expert in reading faces, Dan has applied his unique skill in consulting on TV commercials for more than half of the world’s top 100 advertisers; as a pundit on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC for U.S. presidential races; and in helping pro and NCAA Division 1 sports teams build their rosters as profiled in a front-page New York Times article about Dan’s multifaceted career.

There are only two currencies that matter—dollars and emotions—and Dan will help you draw the connection between them. Want to build trust? Boost employee productivity and loyalty through greater engagement? Become a more persuasive leader? Then you need to hear from Dan about seven emotions that hold the keys to the kingdom.

Dan Hill, Ph.D., is a world-renowned expert in emotional intelligence (EQ), facial coding, and consumer behavior. His pioneering work helps organizations decode emotions to enhance leadership, sales, and customer engagement. With over 25 years of experience, his company, Sensory Logic, has conducted research for more than half of the world’s top 100 B2C companies, providing them with actionable insights to drive performance and business growth.

Dan is the bestselling author of Emotionomics, a groundbreaking book that explores how emotions shape business decisions, with a foreword by The Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon. His expertise in reading facial expressions and decoding emotions has made him a sought-after thought leader, with appearances on CNN, Fox, MSNBC, ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s The Today Show, and front-page coverage in The New York Times. As a former political pundit and host of Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight podcast, he has delivered valuable insights to global audiences across multiple industries.

Book Dan Hill for your event and discover how emotional intelligence can unlock business success. His dynamic and engaging keynotes offer research-backed strategies that help leaders improve decision-making, foster trust, enhance customer relationships, and drive revenue growth. Whether your organization wants to refine leadership skills, boost brand engagement, or increase sales effectiveness, Dan provides the tools needed to create a lasting impact.