“I can’t breathe.” “I’m scared.” For many people, hearing someone say those words would prompt a scramble to help. But not all. It depends on who’s listening. A year ago Tuesday, the world watched as ...

Anita Nowak teaches Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Happiness Means Business at McGill University. She is the author of Purposeful Empathy: Tapping our Hidden Superpower for Personal, ...

Empathy is considered such a core part of what it means to be a feeling, engaged human that people who lack empathy are thought to be lacking in humanity. Some would go so far as to say that empathy — ...

Picture an ancient charioteer struggling to rein in two spirited horses, each pulling in separate directions. This is how Plato, the esteemed Greek philosopher, visualized the tug-of-war between ...

Before committing ourselves to empathizing with others, we must draw clear boundaries to prevent burnout. Empathy comes in various forms, each with its challenges. Affective empathy involves deeply ...

There is a lot of value in empathy at work. Understanding the situations your colleagues are facing can help you to work more effectively with them. Understanding customer and clients can make it ...

In a world where technology is increasingly intertwined with our feelings, emotion-AI harnesses advanced computing and machine learning to assess, simulate, and interact with human emotional states.

"I can't breathe." "I'm scared." For many people, hearing someone say those words would prompt a scramble to help. But not all. It depends who's listening. A year ago today, the world watched as ...

We asked two scholars who have spent decades studying empathy and bias to discuss what they've seen in the past year. They offer their view of... "I can't breathe." "I'm scared." For many people, ...

"I can't breathe." "I'm scared." For many people, hearing someone say those words would prompt a scramble to help. But not all. It depends on who's listening. A year ago Tuesday, the world watched as ...