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Empathy, compassion and coronavirus
McKinsey & Company began a recent article on leading with purpose during the pandemic with a quote from celebrity chef and World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés: “Without empathy, nothing works.” The quote, McKinsey said, “highlights the reasoning behind the … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Purpose
Tagged Brene Brown, compassion, coronavirus, empathy, Gregory Boyle, Jose Andres, Paul Bloom
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‘Things couldn’t be better’
Many years ago, when I first came to Washington to work as a newsletter editor, I got to know my printer’s sales representative pretty well. Don was perpetually chipper. If you asked him how things were going, he would always … Continue reading