My gut tells me that while we can try, pure empathy is unlikely, in design and in management. So, we came up with a modification: Problempathy™. Where empathy is about putting yourself in the user’s shoes, Problempathy™…

The one skill lacking in the psychopathic Matrix is empathy. The psychopath is devoid of the capacity to empathise,  except for the ability to hone in on a victims weaknesses and vulnerabilities (cold empathy) for the purpose of exploiting them.Th…

“Against Empathy” makes a hell of a title for a video. It’s bold and spicy!  Empathy is bad is quite a strong take, after all, given that empathy—broadly speaking, the capacity to relate to and share the feelings and perspe…

There is strong evidence that reading for pleasure can increase empathy, improve relationships with others, reduce the symptoms of depression and improve wellbeing throughout life, new research carried out for The Reading Agency has found.The report, c…