The Heart: our greatest Intelligence in a world moving toward Artificiality
“Heart Intelligence vs Artificial Intelligence: who leads?” Keynote at Mexico Tech Week
If the first article was about remembering our identity, this one is about embodying it — in the heart, in the nervous system, and in human connection.
During my talk at Mexico Tech Week, everything shifted when we practiced heart coherence together. The room softened, the energy grounded, people breathed again, a collective exhale happened. It was like everyone remembered, even for a moment, what it feels like to come home to themselves.
Five minutes, it only took us five minutes.
And people came to tell me afterward:
“It felt great, just so much calmer, clearer, more connected.”
Five minutes, it only took us five minutes - and human intelligence revealed itself again.
The heart is not poetic — it is scientific
It’s easy to think heart intelligence is something “soft” or “spiritual”, but that belief belongs to an old paradigm.
Scientific research shows a lot of the functioning of this organ, pumping machine, and demonstrates it is so much more than a blood pumper.
Today we know:
The heart has its own neural network (just as the brain);
It communicates directly with the brain and influences decision-making;
It creates the strongest electromagnetic field of the body;
It synchronizes our emotional and cognitive states.
When the heart and brain enter in coherence, something magical — and measurable — happens:
The mind quiets.
The nervous system stabilizes.
Clarity increases.
Intuition wakes up.
This is something AI will never be able to replicate.
Humans lead through presence, not perfection
In the age of AI, the leaders who will stand out are not the ones who know the most or the most productive ones. AI already wins at that.
This time is asking us to redefine what leadership means and how we embody it.
Within this new societal, economic paradigm shift, the leaders who will stand out are the ones who can:
Stay grounded when things get chaotic and uncertain;
Regulate their emotions instead of reacting from them;
Create safety, trust and lead with vulnerability;
Listen deeply, beyond words;
Act with courage, from clarity instead of fear.
These are not “soft skills.”, they belong to those willing enough to reinvent themselves and have an honest look within.
These are the new leadership superpowers. And they all begin in the heart.
Emotional courage is the new edge
I have been sharing trainings, workshops and coachings about emotional intelligence & leadership since a few years. And alongside the way, I realized something that felt important to name:
Emotional intelligence is not enough anymore.
We need emotional courage.
The courage to feel uncomfortable emotions.
The courage to face yourself honestly.
The courage to stay open in moments you want to close.
The courage to lead with vulnerability, integrity, and heart.
AI can process data, but it cannot feel shame, grief, desire, or love.
It cannot choose compassion.
It cannot take responsibility for the impact it has on others.
Only courageous humans can do that.
This moment is calling us to upgrade our inner technology
While AI evolves externally, this invitation is one for us to evolve internally:
From thinking to feeling;
From reacting to responding;
From fragmentation to coherence;
From productivity to presence;
From fear to awareness;
From the mind alone to the mind and the heart together.
This is how we create a future where AI amplifies our humanity instead of replacing it.
Among all the questions and iterations brought to technology, the real question is not:
“Can AI become more human?”
The real question is:
“Can we remember how to be human — deeply, consciously, courageously?”
The world is waiting for us to lead from that place.
And that is the frontier AI will never cross.
