Principled Innovation depends on educators and leaders who will go beyond simply seeing a problem to rise to action. Psychologists have long studied the bystander effect—how people are less likely to help someone in need if there is a large group of witnesses also not helping. Courageously breaking away from the crowd to intervene can then have a positive ripple effect that rouses others to action. In this TED Talk, Stanford professor emeritus and psychologist Phil Zimbardo (of the controversial Stanford Prison experiment) describes the role of ripple effects that “everyday heroes” have in taking courageous actions.
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Heroes
What is empathy?
Video
3 minutes
By: Ashoka Foundation
How to speak up for yourself
Video
15 minutes
By: Adam Galinsky, TED
To unite the country, we need honesty and courage
Article
10 minutes
By: Boston Globe, Robert P. George and Cornel West
Two Canadas: my story of generosity and systemic racism.
Video
13 minutes
By: Ahmed Hussen, TEDx
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Resilience
Tool
20 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)