"Pair an emotional leader with a purely rational adviser Tyson observes from studying political history that purely rational leaders consistently lose elections because voters respond to emotional appeals, not logical arguments — "in my experience, no one likes rational leaders because they're not as susceptible to emotional appeals." His practical solution is not to replace emotional leaders but to mandate that "there should be at least one member of their cabinet that's a completely logical bot" who can cold-bloodedly evaluate every proposal. This applies directly to any organization: balance your visionary, emotionally compelling decision-maker with a devil's advocate role that is explicitly empowered to give unemotional analysis. Source: Neil deGrasse Tyson, StarTalk, Cosmic Queries Episode"