AQ Institute is the unified global platform for sharing resources, extending knowledge and engaging with domain experts in the area of Adaptive Intelligence and Human Development.

Our Consulting arm supports business and government with defining the Adaptability model and creating custom programs based on the organisational strategy and objectives.

Our aim is to equip the society with the practical tools and tested methodologies to improve quality of life worldwide while contributing to the sustainable development in each country aligning our efforts with the SDGs (The Sustainable Development Goals) defined by the UN.

AQ Institute is the global organisation connecting respective scientists, researchers, R&D centres' and related stakeholders to gather the latest findings and studies for conducting localised research to assess and evaluate factors affecting AQ within particular territory considering cultural codes.

BIO. Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Psychology in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University and Honorary Professor of Psychology at Heidelberg University, Germany. Sternberg was briefly President and Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Wyoming. Before that, he was Provost, Senior Vice President, Regents Professor of Psychology and Education, and George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair of Ethical Leadership at Oklahoma State University.

Prior to going to Oklahoma State, Sternberg was Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology and Education at Tufts University, and before that, IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, Professor of Management, and Director of the Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise at Yale.

Sternberg is a Past President of the American Psychological Association, the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, the Eastern Psychological Association, and the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology.

Author of “Adaptive Intelligence: Surviving and Thriving in Times of Uncertainty” and one of the first researchers of modern days focusing on Adaptability defining the Adaptive Intelligence Theory.

Language: Eng
Location: NY, USA

BIO. "Entrepreneur and 'AQ' Pioneer. Author of Moonshot Innovation & AQ Decoded. Ross’s work is opening up new frontiers in HrTech and EdTech. Leveraging conversational AI and predictive analytics his company’s platform enables people, teams and organisations to successfully navigate accelerating change. His ability to contextualise diverse and complex subjects, inspire and engage audiences makes him a highly sought after international speaker."
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Ross loves building deep, meaningful and collaborative relationships. It is leveraging his unique ability; to identify opportunities, articulate them in inspiring ways and motivate teams to solve grand challenges.

Languages: English
Location: London, UK

BIO. Entrepreneur and psychologist who redefined the way psychology could be applied in life and business. The Founder of an online University platform with 4 practical courses and over 70,000+ students aiming to improve their quality of life and performance in business. Introduced the AQ concept in 2021 carried out the large-scale research with over 1,200 participants to define key parameters, variables and methodology for AQ development for individuals considering cultural codes.

Language: Ru
Location: Hong Kong/Singapore/NY/Dubai

BIO. Natalya is running large-scale transformation projects in Europe with a focus on Excellence and Change management. One of the iconic business-cases: launch one of the largest Amazon Fulfilment Centre in Europe 2019 (3.5K+ employees; 25 km of conveyor belts, 3.5 T Robots; €5M budget) optimising processes and reducing costs of €2.5M in 6 weeks.

Current role: Business Excellence Manager
Company: E.ON (70K+ employees)

Core expertise: Natalya drives the impact of the Business Excellence approach based on Lean Management, Systemic Change and Agile practices, mindsets and methods. Within this framework, she works on projects and implements interventions that enable the organisations to continuously improve and deal better with our rapidly changing environment, actively work with systemic patterns and build new leadership styles.

Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, German, English
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany

Galina spent 15+ years in the IT industry managing projects for global corporations and startups. She is also a speaker, trainer and a certified coach.

Blending her passions of transformation and business into one, as a NeuroChangeSolutions Consultant (Certified Dr Joe Dispenza training), Heartmath Trainer and Adaptability Consultant she is now helping organizations to change the culture by transforming the individuals by bringing a conscious neuroscience-based change process to increase creativity, collaborations and adaptability and achieve their full potential.

Language: Russian, English
Location: Mexico

As a project leader at Bechtel, Hatem mentored and motivated senior personnel to deliver outstanding outcomes. He was the Diversity and Inclusion executive champion for one of his recent projects and was instrumental in transforming project leadership into a high performing team that produced exceptional results.

Throughout his career, Hatem has been valued for his ability to facilitate understanding and cooperation between contractors and customers and projects and regulatory agencies and for his ability to understand and integrate different cultural values and perspectives.

Languages: English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Italian
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Hatem is an executive coach specializing in resilient teams, cultural awareness training, and 1-on-1 executive coaching. He has worked with leaders in a variety of cultures and industry sectors: Construction, Finance, Sports Marketing, Logistics, research Institutes, and Defense R&D.

In KSA and UAE, Hatem has worked successfully with C-Suite executives and entrepreneurs. He applied the Kintla approach successfully with Fugro-Suhaimi. He also worked with NYU AD researchers and professors.

Prior to his executive coaching career, Hatem held various roles at Bechtel (Engineering and Construction) for 26 years. He has extensive line management experience and brings a seasoned approach to his coaching work. For example, was Project Manager on two multi-billion dollar Turnkey Engineering & Construction projects in the US, one in the private sector in Oil, Gas and another in the government sector with the Department of Energy.

Pat often speaks about the behavioral styles and values that affect Global Organizations, Corporate America, the Federal Government, Department of Defense and the blind. She helps organizations around the world increase their Growth, Profitability and Productivity by helping them Hire, Develop and Retain top Performing Talent. She provides Leadership Development, Team Building, World Class Customer Service, Emotional Intelligence, Overcoming Obstacles, Career Choices, Executive Coaching and Sales Training.

In order to improve anything, you have to measure it. She helps Leaders and their Teams measure, test and improve their adaptability intelligence so they can adapt in the fastest period of change in human history.

Location: Maryland, USA

Pat Bender is the President of Bayley & Bender. Prior to co-founding Bayley & Bender with her late husband Bob Bender in 1989, Pat worked for IBM Corporation. In her first year with IBM, she achieved Rookie of the Year by selling 140% of quota and went on to claim top performance awards for the next ten years – a rare accomplishment. For four consecutive years, Pat was in the top 2% in performance at IBM and was honored with four Golden Circle Awards. Her final year at IBM, Pat earned the distinguished award as the Top Sales Representative in the country. As a manager, Pat built and trained a sales force, which finished as the top team in the country. Whether working with steel workers from Baltimore, Maryland or Corporate and Government Executives and their teams from the Americas to Europe, India, China and the Far East, Pat brings awareness, fun, creativity, and insight into her program. This is probably one of the reasons she is a popular keynote speaker on several international cruises including the former Seabourn Sun, Seabourn Spirit, QE2, Crystal Harmony, Oceania, Silver Sea, Celebrity, Sea Dream Yacht club and Azamara Cruise line.