Empathy is one of the most widely-discussed skills in the modern workplace, but exactly what is it? What is the difference between empathy and sympathy? What is too much empathy? How can we get in touch with our own innate empathic abilities and become…

Young children have a very underdeveloped ‘theory of mind’. In essence this means that they have a hard time understanding the viewpoint of others. They struggle to understand how others are feeling, particularly if it differs from what they themselves…

The Olympic ideal of every country sending its best to compete in a spirit of good will — yeah, it’s not going to end war, it’s not going to eliminate poverty or some of the tragedies that we see every day — but it builds a sense of common …

We know that wealth does not always make people happy, but does it make them kinder? Studies suggest exactly the opposite. A large body of research point to a compassion deficit in the rich that plays out in big and small ways. As reported in Sci…