The human capacity and need for meaningful connections, interactions and relationships is undeniable. In a global economy driven by digital disruption, overachievement and sometimes extreme individualism, there is a shift happening whic…

To help strengthen empathy, we need to carve out sacred spaces for interaction that are device-free. We need to engage in face-to-face conversations and not allow ourselves to get distracted by technology.  Parents and teachers need to understand …

Recently, I read James Fallon’s book, “The Psychopath Inside,” and being an emotionally empathetic sort myself, I felt many times during the course of the book as if I were reading about an alien race. Fallon, a neurosc…

This is an initial description of the mini empathic design workshop that Edwin Rutsch, director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy is prototyping and testing. We are inviting a select group of people who have a proven background and intere…