ZERA Cards
What problem does it address?
Emotional intelligence conversations can remain abstract, superficial, or disconnected from culture and lived experience.
What is it?
ZERA Cards is a facilitated reflection and conversation experience connecting African proverbs, emotional intelligence, storytelling, and meaningful questions. The complete collection contains 150 cards organized around five emotional intelligence pillars.
Five pillars
- Self Awareness
- Self Regulation
- Motivation
- Empathy
- Social Skills
Participants select or receive a card, explore its proverb, connect it to a human situation, respond to a reflection question, and listen to the experiences of others.
Best suited for
- Staff development
- Team building
- Leadership learning
- Coaching
- Education
- Youth programs
- Community conversations
- Restorative practice

