Empathy has often been dismissed as a ‘non-essential soft skill’, with little or no value in the world of business, but a growing number of people in the communications industry are quickly coming round to the realisation that empathy can b…

In Vietnam, archaeologists say, a Stone Age community took care of a man who couldn’t take care of himself.While it is a painful truism that brutality and violence are at least as old as humanity, so, it seems, is caring for the sick and disabled…

Do you have a good sense of how others see the world? Daniel Goleman reveals how being more empathetic can improve your relationships.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

Educators are aware that social problems like poverty, unsafe neighborhoods, violence, and family trauma can affect how students learn when they come to school. Though teaching subjects like math and literacy are the biggest part of their job, in many …