It was a very grim day, when I began to notice the profound lack of empathy in education, particularly in public education…Design thinking captured my attention because empathy is one of the modes of the process.  In this student-driven, human-c…

“Miki Kashtan, Ph.D., is a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication and serves as its lead facilitator and trainer. She is inspired by the role of visionary leadership in shaping a livable future, and works towards that vision by livin…

Man’s capacity for kindness and compassion is overshadowed only by his ability to be as cruel and destructive. Can empathy resolve issues of aggression and subjugation, where wars, politics and economic sanctions have failed?Love Hate and Everyth…

New research shows that the gulf that separates us humans from our evolutionary cousins is quite narrow. How do we reconcile with the fact that the Chimps are closer to humans than we had ever imagined?…Mirror neurons are the neurologi…