Considering Compassion in A Quartet that Went from Quality to Quarreling

Posted by on Mar 22, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments By Jed Johnson CompassionLab Intern, 2014-2015 During high school, as a prospective conservatory-bound violinist, I was constantly practicing etudes, traveling to solo competitions, and, for a bit of extra cash, gigging with my string quartet. We had started performing together during my sophomore year and got along extremely well, grabbing Sunday brunch before rehearsals and having weekly movie...
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CompassionLab in Dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Posted by on Feb 27, 2014 in Uncategorized | 0 comments CompassionLab’s Monica Worline presented a summary of CompassionLab research to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a dialogue devoted to the topic of compassion and ethics in business, hosted by Santa Clara University and Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education  on February 24, 2014. In his remarks, His Holiness commented that it is part of the human project to...
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Constellations of Compassion 3 – For Children

Posted by on Jun 26, 2013 in Compassion at Work Blog, Uncategorized | 0 comments This is the third of a series of three articles co-created by the CompassionLab and Soaringwords for children and adults grappling with serious illness. This is dedicated especially to children.  Hope and Light For centuries, people have found hope as they gazed at the night sky and were able to recognize clusters of stars known as constellations. In ancient times, people actually relied on...
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Constellations of Compassion 2 – Finding Meaning

Posted by on Jun 22, 2013 in Uncategorized | 0 comments This is the second of a series of three articles co-created by the CompassionLab and Soaringwords for children and adults grappling with serious illness. Looking for meaning When you gaze into the night sky, you can take strength discovering that the possibility of giving and receiving compassion is as boundless as the stars. People grappling with serious illness tend to be downtrodden. If you...
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Constellations of Compassion 1 – Healing

Posted by on Jun 20, 2013 in Uncategorized | 0 comments This is the first of a series of three articles co-created by the CompassionLab and Soaringwords for children and adults grappling with serious illness. An opportunity for healing  The darker the night, the brighter the stars. For centuries, people have taken comfort and joy as they gazed at the night sky and were able to recognize clusters of stars known as constellations.  Prior to the...
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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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