Well designed technology builds-in empathy, consider Apple computers for example. Its "human factor" is obvious. Fun, even.
The means of connection are everywhere, it's the response that begs for attention.
Today's social media and hardware brings us closer to each other, as relationships are made, remade and multiply, sometimes quicker than we can absorb the importance and meaning of the exchange.
It's Time for The Empathic Civilization
Enjoy this eye-opening 10-minute video on empathy, by author Jeremy Rifkin:
The Empathic Civilization.
It's Time for a Revolution of Human Relationships.
Which is more connecting? a "mirrored response" or "perspective taking." This is the difference between affective empathy and cognitive empathy... Check out this new view on social political and economic transformation: The Power of Outrospection
What is the Key to Getting Along with Others: What is... neural resonance?
Try meditating on your big idea, and bring a little more peace into this world.
"Empathetic and analytic thinking are, at least to some extent,
mutually exclusive in the brain." - The Selling Power of Empathy -
There is Power in Vulnerability:
"...our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share."
Check out: - Brené Brown studies human connection.
When you’re vulnerable, people connect more to whatever it is that you’re doing.
Tell Your Truth. Now. People Want the Real You
Do you require time to consider the significance of a reply, proposal or consider who's impacted?
Take the time to connect to others' needs, as well as your own.
Empathy is the ability to share in another’s emotions, thoughts or feelings. Sympathy is about feeling bad for another, which can lead to pity. Empathy sets up equanimity, while sympathy sets up “I’m better than…”. Appreciation rarely evolves out of sympathy, yet it can with empathy, whereby you feel more connected with the person. To be empathic requires being grounded in yourself, which is a powerful place from which you to deeply plumb a larger intelligence.
Do you have a difficult conversation where you'd
want the outcome to result in a better connection?
As a part of your growing exploration into improving connections by using technology, consider your particular communication challenge.
I can help you prepare to use technology for positive change. But if you've got a need to communicate something important, and your current conversational style has the result of disconnecting rather than productively engaging the other party, something's wrong. There's a method to stop the madness. It's called non-violent communication.
Check it out at CNVC.org
It's more than a technique. "Connecting conversations" involve changing how you think and talk. It's growing in popularity because of the pressures and stress so many people are experiencing.
By tapping into behavior clues and changing how you interpret a message ("needs" always trump "attacks"), you can succeed in connecting with people where no computer technology could ever help.
Today's social media and hardware brings us closer to each other, as relationships are made, remade and multiply, sometimes quicker than we can absorb the importance and meaning of the exchange.
It's Time for The Empathic Civilization
Enjoy this eye-opening 10-minute video on empathy, by author Jeremy Rifkin:
The Empathic Civilization.
It's Time for a Revolution of Human Relationships.
Which is more connecting? a "mirrored response" or "perspective taking." This is the difference between affective empathy and cognitive empathy... Check out this new view on social political and economic transformation: The Power of Outrospection
What is the Key to Getting Along with Others: What is... neural resonance?
Try meditating on your big idea, and bring a little more peace into this world.
"Empathetic and analytic thinking are, at least to some extent,
mutually exclusive in the brain." - The Selling Power of Empathy -
There is Power in Vulnerability:
"...our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share."
Check out: - Brené Brown studies human connection.
When you’re vulnerable, people connect more to whatever it is that you’re doing.
Tell Your Truth. Now. People Want the Real You
Do you require time to consider the significance of a reply, proposal or consider who's impacted?
Take the time to connect to others' needs, as well as your own.
Empathy is the ability to share in another’s emotions, thoughts or feelings. Sympathy is about feeling bad for another, which can lead to pity. Empathy sets up equanimity, while sympathy sets up “I’m better than…”. Appreciation rarely evolves out of sympathy, yet it can with empathy, whereby you feel more connected with the person. To be empathic requires being grounded in yourself, which is a powerful place from which you to deeply plumb a larger intelligence.
Do you have a difficult conversation where you'd
want the outcome to result in a better connection?
As a part of your growing exploration into improving connections by using technology, consider your particular communication challenge.
I can help you prepare to use technology for positive change. But if you've got a need to communicate something important, and your current conversational style has the result of disconnecting rather than productively engaging the other party, something's wrong. There's a method to stop the madness. It's called non-violent communication.
Check it out at CNVC.org
It's more than a technique. "Connecting conversations" involve changing how you think and talk. It's growing in popularity because of the pressures and stress so many people are experiencing.
By tapping into behavior clues and changing how you interpret a message ("needs" always trump "attacks"), you can succeed in connecting with people where no computer technology could ever help.