Routines Matter for Compassion at Work

Posted by on May 31, 2013 in Compassion at Work Blog, Uncategorized | 0 comments As organizational researchers, we have a unique interest in understanding how compassion can be unleashed or stifled in human communities. An organizational lens attunes us to the important role played by routines and practices  in  “grooving” the ways we interact with one another. By routines we mean the recurring, repeated patterns of action that typify a particular organization or unit...
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Future of Compassion in Business – Video

Posted by on Apr 29, 2013 in Compassion at Work Blog, Uncategorized | 1 comment In this video discussing the future of care and compassion in business, Dr. Jane Dutton discusses this as a particularly generative time for thinking about compassion in business, with new possibilities and organizations emerging to generate scientific and social advances in the study and practice of compassion. New scientific interest, including a Center for Compassion and Altruism Research at...
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Video introduction to Care and Compassion in Organizations

Posted by on Apr 28, 2013 in Uncategorized | 0 comments  In this short video introduction, Professor Jane Dutton welcomes you to a special issue of the Academy of Management Review focused on understanding and creating compassionate organizations. The special issue features nine highly diverse papers selected from over ninety-six submissions in a rigorous peer review process. The volume extends organizational theory with a focus on compassion that...
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Take the Compassionate Organizations Quiz

Posted by on Apr 1, 2013 in Uncategorized | 0 comments While we often think about compassion as an individual quality, the organizations where we spend our time—such as workplaces, schools, places of worship, and community centers—can actually impact whether and how we respond to someone in distress. CompassionLab collaborated with the Greater Good Science Center to create this quiz on Compassion in Organizations. The quiz measures the level of...
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One highlight from Wisdom 2.0

Posted by on Feb 24, 2013 in Compassion at Work Blog | 2 comments Wisdom 2.0 is the name given to a gathering this weekend of people interested in the intersection of new technologies and old wisdom traditions. Many speakers highlighted aspects of mindfulness and emphasized the importance of compassion as one of the taproots of humanity. One highlight of the conference for those of us interested in the expression of compassion at work was an onstage interview...
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