There is an income gap in America, but just as important is a compassion gap. Plenty of successful people see a picture of a needy child and their first impulse is not to help but to reproach.To break cycles of poverty, we have the tools to improve hig…

How might we empathically redesign our community to better support our deepest dreams, values, needs and aspirations? Let us come together to reignite the embers of personal and community”The March on Washington teaches us that we are not trapped by th…

“Healing the self means committing ourselvesto a wholehearted willingness to be what and how we are–beings frail and fragile,strong and passionate,neurotic and balanced,diseased and whole,…by Lisa  See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and…

Authors call for an “empathy epidemic” to address violence, bullying, child abuse, racism and other inequities.Many parents, educators and scholars agree that the development of social and emotional skills is c…

Authors call for an “empathy epidemic” to address violence, bullying, child abuse, racism and other inequities.Many parents, educators and scholars agree that the development of social and emotional skills is c…

Empathy can be helped, or hindered. Authors call for an “empathy epidemic” to address violence, bullying, child abuse, racism and other inequities.Part of emotional development is the development of empathy, which is defined as the abi…

Empathy can be helped, or hindered. Authors call for an “empathy epidemic” to address violence, bullying, child abuse, racism and other inequities.Part of emotional development is the development of empathy, which is defined as the abi…

Dutch primatologist Frans de Waal speaks with RNS about the Bill Nye and Ken Ham creationism debate, “selfish genes,” and what humanists can learn from religion.CS: In Our Inner Ape, you describe human morality as being “firmly anchored…

“In principle, empathy can override every rule about how to treat others.” Frans de WaalYesterday’s post considered the importance and power of the empathic turn in networks-as-change, to ground people in deep…

In last week’s article, Creative Ideas to Gain Executive Attention and Empathy for Customers, we said that  executives need to feel and truly understand who their customers are and what it is to be a customer of their com…