We can navigate our relationships at work authentically & compassionately with mindsets & practices from Creative Empathy for Leadership.

This is the basis for the Beyond Design round table session that just wrapped up at Hike One, hosted by Sanne and facilitated by yours truly 😃

We discussed how the most crucial of our work relationships are with ourself, our team, and our stakeholders.

We talked about how regulating the nervous system is the quickest & simplest way to navigate the relationship with ourselves. And we practiced some conscious breathing techniques to stimulate our parasympathetic nervous system via the vagus nerve.

We shared thoughts about how creating psychological space allows us to bring #empathy into the relationship with our team. And we swapped stories of how nonviolent communication shifts our relationships with stakeholders from heavy to human.

As preparation for the session, I wrote a blog post outlining the specific mindsets and practical techniques involved. So here it is.

Enjoy!

Thanks for your hospitality, Sanne! And thanks to everyone in the session for your engagement, vulnerability, and courage.

May all your relationships be happy, peaceful, free, and unconditionally loving 🙏🏼

https://d3e.co/hikeone

#CreativeEmpathy #Leadership #PsychologicalSafety #NonViolentCommunication #Teamwork #BeyondDesign

Myth: Empathy is the first phase of a #design process.
Truth: #Empathy helps us in every phase!
🔶🔸 https://d3e.co/vr

Here's how we can use #CreativeEmpathy in every phase of #ProductDesign & #UX 😃

While #empathy can enrich any creative process, it can also reinforce unhealthy #bias. Let’s #co-create with the people we’re designing for!
👯‍♀️ https://d3e.co/sir2022

Check out the slides from our latest #CreativeEmpathy workshop for free tools & ‘dank’ memes 😅

The most meaningful innovations address people’s deepest needs. #CreativeEmpathy for #sustainable startups can help us discover those needs.
💚🌳 https://d3e.co/sir2022

I'm looking forward to my next #workshop with SiR Intergov in Den Haag. See y'all Thursday 🥳

#Empathy can help us at every phase of the design process.🙌🏼 https://d3e.co/vc

Here's a practical guide to applying #CreativeEmpathy techniques to the each phase of a Double Diamond #design process.

What do you think? 😃

Most #startups fail for lack of product-market fit. #CreativeEmpathy helps us achieve that fit by surfacing people’s real #needs.
🐈 https://d3e.co/fortyhub

Join me at Forty Hub on 3 November for a free afternoon #workshop with drinks in Utrecht on how #empathy can help you serve your customers better!

Yay! Just added the video/transcript for my #empathy talk at @Dublin_UX last year.
📺 https://d3e.co/dublinux

Great #UX addresses our deepest human needs. And #CreativeEmpathy for #MeaningfulUX helps us discover those needs.

Go raibh maith agaibh, @PatrickMooney 🙌🏼

I’m incredibly grateful to have been a guest on @dastillman’s excellent #podcast!
🎙 https://d3e.co/tn

Thank you Chantel, Erin, Jim, & Daniel for the meaningful questions & creating space to geek out on #CreativeEmpathy & #empathy in general 🙌🏼💚

Hi! Join me at @Dublin_UX, where we'll be having a talk & discussion on #CreativeEmpathy 😃

📺 https://d3e.co/t6

We'll demystify #empathy as a #UX skill, cover key concepts, & discuss practical techniques that anyone can use.

I'm looking forward to it!

Creative Empathy can help #startups & #entrepreneurs achieve:
🤗 Product-Market Fit
💪 Healthy Behavior Change
💚 Sustainable Loyalty
🌍 Meaningful Innovation

https://d3e.co/ro

It's all about #love in the end!
#UX #Design #CreativeEmpathy