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In my recent TEDx speech “The Global Urgency of Everyday Empathy” I passionately argued that era of empathy is now upon us.
My basic reasoning being that with global population growth and new existential threats due to climate change, only empathy will keep us from destroying ourselves as a species. Only empathy, I argued, will help us [...]
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I’ve long considered the human mind to be a lot like a cell–> it has a powerful, raw experiential nucleus surrounded by layers of beliefs and attitudes which act as selectively permeable membranes that filter what information gets in and out.
From this point of view, what we call ‘cynicism’ is comparable to the hardening of mental membranes [...]
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Have you ever seen J. K. Rowling (of ‘Harry Potter’ fame) speak? If not, you owe it to yourself to sit down and watch her 2008 commencement speech at Harvard right away.
A true artist and mystic at heart, she blows my mind in this funny and moving speech, drawing a seamless connection between the [...]
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(The following article was written by Patrin Watanatada of Sustainability. If you have a a few minutes, watch the presentation. It’s a good one! )
Once considered almost as a by-product of a company’s sustainability strategy, employee engagement on sustainability is now a hot topic, recognized as a crucial driving force for delivering on that strategy. [...]
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What would the business world look like without the trait of human empathy? It’s a startling question if we really take time to consider it. Because, let’s face it, as objective, rational and data-driven as we seek to make our organizational systems, the underlying truth is that all organizations are simply structured collections of those [...]
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I quite often find myself gathered in groups of social innovators, discussing seemingly esoteric and abstract psychological distinctions about the mindset of the so-called ‘mainstream.’
But I must confess something: These conversations haven’t worked. Or at least not as well as I’d like.
You see, it’s one thing to articulate research that shows how mainstream values of ’success’ ‘affluence’ and ‘prosperity’ [...]
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Giving this speech was about the most fun I’ve ever had with my clothes on. Enjoy!
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Greetings! Just wanted to take a quick minute to keep you all updated on current happenings.
In the almost 2 years since I published “Igniting Inspiration,” I have been overwhelmed with support. This tiny self-published book has connected me to a global network of social innovators and change-makers. I have spoken around the country and around [...]
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