Six Seconds

Six Seconds is a California-based international 501(c)3 non-profit organization that researches and teaches emotional intelligence. Founded in 1997 by Karen McCown, Anabel Jensen, Joshua Freedman, and Marsha Rideout, Six Seconds is the first and largest organization dedicated to the development of emotional intelligence, with offices in 10 countries and agents in about 50. The stated mission is to increase the world’s emotional intelligence, by working in business, education and other areas.

The organization publishes EQ tests, and the SEI test, in particular, has been used in a number of peer-reviewed studies on emotional intelligence.