by Jackie Acho | Dec 6, 2014 | Empathy, Entrepreneurship, Fathers, Innovation with a conscience, Innovation with a soul, Intrapreneurship, Parenting, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
I had the pleasure and privilege of speaking at TEDx Cleveland State on 10/24/14. Thanks to all of the family, friends, colleagues, and clients who contributed to the content and provided steadfast encouragement…especially Eva Basilion. We hope you enjoy it,...
by Jackie Acho | Nov 15, 2014 | Animal cruelty, Empathy, Food, Technology
Stick a fork in me. I’m done. I’m done cooking animals for myself. There are 6 reasons. Here they are: It feels good to feel good. Consumption of animal protein increases risk of cancer as well as other diseases. Forks Over Knives and the China Study make this...
by Jackie Acho | Nov 10, 2014 | Creative disruption, Empathy, Parenting, Silicon Valley, Social media, Uncategorized, Women in Leadership
Facebook and Apple recently announced plans to pay for their female employees to freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons. It sounds so friendly to women, doesn’t it? – a triumph of technology over biology, relieving us from the pressure of child bearing...
by Jackie Acho | Jul 5, 2014 | CEO, Changemaker, Empathy, Feminist revolution, Innovation with a soul, Motherhood, Mothers, Parenting, Uncategorized, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
Thank you Indra Nooyi, President and CEO of PepsiCo, for your refreshingly brutal honesty about the tradeoffs between business leadership and parenting. “You know, you have to cope, because you die with guilt. You just die with guilt. My observation is that the...
by Jackie Acho | Jan 23, 2014 | Addiction, Empathy, Parenting, Social media, Technology
By Jennifer Lehner and Jackie Acho This digital bonanza is freaking us out. What kind of humans are we becoming when our faces are smashed into screens? Will technology make us a more or less empathetic society? Can computers feel love? The time for hand wringing...
by Jackie Acho | Nov 21, 2013 | Empathy, Evil, Uncategorized
Sometimes, when we talk about empathy, we hear: “empathizing is fine and dandy with good-hearted people, but what about the people who are really evil? What should we do with them?” Important question. To answer it, I want to share a story – parable really – from...
