Lean In…..to Humanity, to Empathy, via Shared Leadership
As usual, we are lamenting the lack of women in leadership in Davos. http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/davos-needs-parents-of-both-sexes/ Leaders with traditional C-suite platforms, bloggers, speechmakers, and book writers all have views, so many of which...
How Does A Nation Change the Chance of Tragedy Occurring?
Reblogged from Dr. Arthur Lavin of Advanced Pediatrics at http://advancedped.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-does-nation-change-chance-of.html As many of us turn our attention to the holidays, we will hug our children tightly and be thankful for our blessings. We know that...
The Connecticut School Shooting, Autism, and a Breaking Glass Heart
Important perspective
Making Deposits (of Empathy) in Someone Else’s Bank
Do we do what we do because we are who we are, or do we become what we do? I believe practicing empathy is like strengthening muscles. Acts of kindness are not enough to prevent another Newtown, but they move us in the right direction. What do you think?
Where was God in Newtown?
The age-old debate is back. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/18/15996725-fierce-debate-after-newtown-school-shootings-where-was-god?lite Is it helpful? I don't know, but I don't think so. Here is what I find helpful, and perhaps you will too: -a scientific...
On Evil and the Absence of Empathy – Prof Simon Baron-Cohen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXcU8x_xK18
It’s Time to Talk about Mental Health, with Empathy at the Core
From divorce papers: "Adam Lanza had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, an autism-like disorder" (zero positive empathy and not harmful, according to Simon Baron-Cohen in The Science of Evil, on Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty)...
Acts Devoid of Empathy
Obama at Newtown vigil: US 'will have to change' AP Photo: Evan Vucci. Obama in Newtown: President Barack Obama pauses as he delivers a speech during an interfaith vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Sunday in Newtown, Conn....
