In the early 1980’s, the Institute’s founder, Sandra Hughes McDevitt, designed what became one of the most successful approaches in training tools in the history of the computer industry. Her Kleertex® Keyboard Templates reduced frustrations of computer novices around the world and lead the way for wider use of these kinds of training tools.

Then in the early 1990’s, she sold the successful training tool business and began pursuing a long-term interest she had in understanding a more sophisticated computing tool, better—the human mind.

In 2001, after dedicating more than a decade to understand the mind better, Sandra formalized her studies by founding the Emotional Intelligence Institute, a non profit organization—to share the wealth of knowledge she had learned. Her efforts have been to create a training program to help reduce others frustrations as they deal with the most complex computing system, their own human minds.

Her perspective is not of a conventional scholar, but of an informed layman with a wealth of personal experience relating to the subject matter. As this web site unfolds, you can expect some profound insight to help you understand your mind better and improve your EQ.