Why is empathy so important?If everyone in the world could empathize with each other, the world truly would be a better place.It is understandable that hoping for worldwide empathy is a long shot, so why not start slow and learn to empathize with your …

By Dr. Jeremy Richman and Jessica BerlinskiWe believe technology can and should be leveraged to build social and emotional skills in youth and games provide powerful opportunities to build these skills, both for our childrens’ success and th…

Over the last decade, Paul Ekman has had the opportunity to spend close to 50 hours in one-on-one conversations with the Dalai Lama. The content from their first dialogue was published in the book Emotional Awareness (2008). During their…

We, the design community, talk (and write and speak) a lot about empathy.1 We lament theempathy deficit in our companies and clients and cry “something must be done about this.”  We tout personas, empathy maps, experience …