Last week, Facebook invited national experts to its Palo Alto campus to share the science behind compassion and altruism. In the audience, engineers listened intently to ideas about humanizing interactions. Humans are hard-wired for compassionate behav…

Showing those you lead that you care about them is not only compassionate, but also sound business. Organizational research shows the results of doing so are increased productivity, profits, workforce engagement and trust, said Marie Miyashiro, author…

Has every parent had a million arguments about homework? A few drops of empathy dissolves the conflict and lets us look at what’s driving our behaviors and our child’s.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

ALEX BOZIKOVICThere was very little research available on the topic, so Paron-Wildes conducted her own, developing guidelines for architects and helping design facilities for children with autism.But she also finds “design empathy,” as she …