Empathy


 * Dutch: Empathie

Introduction

 * Empathy is feeling WITH people. See https://youtu.be/1Evwgu369Jw
 * Empathy is crucial for a good leadership in 21st century. It enables understanding, learning, team work, ... Cognitive science showed that when people gain power, the brain activity in the empathy center (supramarginal gyrus) decreases! There are evolutionary reasons for that, but not useful in today's world. The point is that we are not naturally ready to handle power which comes with a position of authority (colloquially referred to as a position of leadership). This is why a proper training is so important. There are ways to overcome these evolutionary "imperfections". It is possible to train leaders to be empathic. Community organizing deals with this too through practices of public narrative and relationship building.