The Pressing Need for Empathy in 2021
A few days ago, I taped my final weekly episode of Purposeful Empathy with Dr. Mirella De Civita, a Clinical Psychologist and a Master Corporate Executive Coach. In this final blog of the year, I offer a couple of takeaways from our conversation, as they relate to my...Empathy and the Great Conjunction (aka Empathy’s Role in Reconciliation – Part II)
This week boasted the biggest astrological event of our lifetimes – one that hasn’t happened in 800 years. Known as the Great Conjunction, here’s how Henry Throop, astronomer in the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington described it: “Imagine...Empathy’s Role in Reconciliation – Part I
“Be careful not to dehumanize people you disagree with. In our self-righteousness, we can easily become the very things we dislike in others.” Marc and Angel Twenty-ish years ago, I lost my cool in a heated argument with a boyfriend. To be fair, as a budding...Yes, (some) For-Profit Companies Can Be Empathic
Thirty thousand years ago, humans shared the planet with at least five other large-brained human species. But over millennia, sapiens evolved to make interpersonal and social connections easier, according to Stanford research psychologist Jamil Zaki. “Our testosterone...Big Data + Gaming = More Empathy?
Two things happened in the spring of 1997. I finished my undergrad in marketing at McGill and the gaming giant Ubisoft opened an office in Montreal. They immediately posted openings and I applied for a one as a product manager – in retrospect, a total act of hubris...Pre-Order Your Copy Of My First Book
