Season 1 Finale: Remixing our Culture

Empathy Power Up

We all have been shaped by the world around us–by our family, friends, organizations around us, society, the media, and our spiritual world. In our first season, we outlined the “Characteristics of Our Culture” that is the water we swim in. We’ve been inspired by Tema Okun’s Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture. But, there are pros and cons of using this framework to talk about what needs to shift in our culture.

In this final episode in Season 1, we’ll talk about the benefits and pitfalls of using this framework, and where we need to go from here. Like many modern artists have done to art, we must also remix and reimagine how we talk about this work. The answer lies in imagining the kind of future we want to create with the conditions for a more human workplace, and move our needle closer to where we need to be. That’s where we’ll pick up in Season 2–Our Conditions of Being Human.

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Amy J. Wilson designs worlds where every person gets what they need, the power to achieve what they want, and the agency to do what they love. For nearly 20 years Amy has put empathy into action: she has built cultures that hold change so that organizations and the people within it can thrive. She has challenged the status quo and redesigned systems centered on compassion and equity at more than a dozen organizations and can both set and implement the vision. She is the bestselling author of Empathy for Change: How to Build a More Understanding World: https://www.amazon.com/Empathy-Change-Create-Understanding-World, a guide to create positive transformation where we work, live, and play. Grab a copy anywhere books are sold or the audiobook on Audible.

Kevin A.K.A Captain Empathy is the Founder and CEO of Jaago (means to wake-up in Hindi). Jaago’s vision is to create a world where people seek to understand one another by making empathy a daily habit. He is a tech leader and IOT (Internet of Things) pioneer and expert. He brings practical experience, lived experience, and his transparent growth journey to the podcast.

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