A seven-part framework for increasing empathy between foundations and grantees.Through our partnership over the last three years, we’ve learned as much about how to work together as we have about tackling development challenges. Donor-grantee rel…

Mentions empathy in his speech. http://j.mp/UGCuZZAnd with the decency and empathy to reach out to people from all backgrounds, all walks of life…If ideas are the most underrated commodity in politics, decency and empathy are the most underrated…

Are new Republican policies really a return to “compassionate conservatism”? No — and that’s a good thing.Compassionate conservatism is back. That’s how Peter Beinart, a contributing editor at the Atlantic, reads a number of recent developments i…

Raising compassionate children is no small feat these days. Because of the egocentrism of children’s early years combined with the increasingly prevalent messages of selfishness, narcissism and indifference that popular culture communicates to the…

Only a third of successful performance at work is due to technical skill, while two thirds is due to emotional competence and empathy skills. Empathy is a natural social resource that has been left untapped by an outdated corporate model of stats …

Our understanding of empathy is pretty limited, but many figures are calling for change. Corporate culture is beginning to recognise the need to put yourself in someone else’s shoes.Business buzzwords are changing. Pervasive gibberish like “missi…

The Empathy Era: Women, Business and the New Pathway to Profit [Belinda Parmar] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

Laudable as it may seem that Ed Miliband is taking empathy lessons from some very learned academics, it’s not guaranteed to make him a better politician – or win him any votes, writes Julian BagginiSpin doctors are out; bona fide professors…

It’s reported that Ed Miliband is consulting a leading expert on autism to help him further understand the politics of empathy.The expert in question is Simon Baron-Cohen who is a Professor ofPsychopathology at the University of Ca…

Posted by Stephanie Medley-RathLearning sociology helps us to further develop our ability to empathize. In this post, Stephanie Medley-Rath explains how learning about gangs beyond statistics can help us to develop our own sense of empathy.One ski…