A focused look at how understanding emotion transforms team performance. This episode brings together the latest research on emotional prediction, athlete well-being, and the mental demands of elite sport. Discover why self-reported emotional measures often outperform physiological tracking, how emotional intelligence directly correlates with competitive outcomes, and why modern teams need ecological, whole-athlete mental-health frameworks. We also spotlight EchoDepthAI, a next-generation Emotional AI system that analyses real-time emotional signals to help coaches, performance staff, and leaders build stronger, more resilient, higher-performing teams.