There seems to be wide support for the idea that we are living in an “age of complexity”, which implies that the world has never been more intricate. This idea is based on the rapid pace of technological changes, and the vast amount of info…
Daily Archives: 28/08/2014
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Most of us think of toys as child’s play, something to keep the kids occupied or a reward for good behaviour. But toys, and play, have benefits that extend beyond the playground, from teaching the value of teamwork to unlocking empathy.Gonzalo Riva, Ch…
Empathy is biased; we are more prone to feel empathy for attractive people and for those who look like us or share our ethnic or national background.And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive t…
Effective Leaders Practice Empathy Joel H Head Headwinds LLC If I could choose just one emotion to improve employee engagement, which one should I choose? 2 In search of the Silver Bullet…Empathy Empathy is the art of stepping imaginatively…
Dr. Scott Churchill joined Dr. Ferrarello and myself to present a two-day seminar on Empathy, Phenomenology and Hermeneutics at Saybrook in August 2014.Dr. Churchill is Professor of Psychology at the University of Dallas, and Editor-in-Chief …
We talk a lot about “empathy” in the design world. But we don’t have a great deal of clarity about what empathy actually is, and what it costs us as both designers of products, or as human beings. What is empathy? Nursing theoris…
Here are some more resources you may find helpful that we’ve been hosting on empathy and Design ThinkingConference on: Empathic Design, Human-Centered Design, Design Thinkinghttp://j.mp/15hgolCEmpathic Design Magazine – Empathy in Human-…
Who could be “Against Empathy”? Paul Bloom, that’s who. In a Boston Review essay by that title, the Yale psychology professor argues that “if you want to be good and do good, empathy is a poor guide…
If I put myself completely in the shoes of Trayvon Martin or Michael Brown, or even a black man denied the opportunity to board a taxi cab, I must accept the reality that my world and my America isn’t their world and their America….one reason it’s di…
Being more empathetic is one of my parenting and personal goals this year, so I started digging more deeply into this concept to understand how to put empathy into action….Why can being empathetic be so hard? We’re exhausted…We feel overwhelme…