Principled Innovation envisions change that begins with individual educators and moves outward to innovation with larger implications for our learning communities. In this TED Talk, Harvard psychiatrist Helen Reiss discusses her research into empathy and proposes that empathy is something that can be developed, arguing that human beings are naturally “wired for” empathy as a species and that it is foundational for social change.
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The power of empathy
The roots of moral courage
Article
20 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center, Kristen Renwick Monroe
Critical reflection: a road to empathy and growing relationships
Video
3 minutes
By: Nirmal Nanayakkara, TEDx
Compassion meditation
Tool
30 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center
Empathy Interview
Tool
20 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Why monkeys and humans are wired for fairness
Video
13 minutes
By: Sarah Brosnan, TEDx