Building Empathy in a Fractured World
Presented on: Wednesday, December 11th 2019 at 12:00 PM EST
Resources
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The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
Learn more by reading Jamil Zaki's fascinating book on empathy.
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Empathy: What it is (and isn’t) and how companies can put it to good use (Article)
Article mentioned in webinar.
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The Technology of Kindness: How social media can rebuild our empathy—and why it must (Article)
Article mentioned in the webinar.
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Making Empathy Central to Your Company Culture (Article)
Article mentioned in webinar.
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Join social neuroscientist and popular author Jamil Zaki to explore how anyone can build empathy to improve their lives, relationships, and even our culture. Levels of empathy are eroding in society, which likely contributes to growing conflict and tribalism. Fortunately, it's possible to build our empathy muscles to help stem this negative tide. Empathy in action can change our professional, creative, and personal relationships for the better with simple strategies you can start implementing in your own life.
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