In a world full of pain, we need compassion more than ever. We are proud to launch our new book as part of the effort to awaken more compassion everywhere. This book is the first of its kind to focus on the healing that is born by small moves of compassion that unfold specifically in work and organizations. Our aim is twofold: first to help people understand the power of compassion in the creation of high-performance, highly human workplaces; second, to inspire leaders, managers, employees, and change agents to become compassion architects who bring compassion alive in the structure and culture of their organizations. To help awaken compassion in as many organizations as possible, we are going to share some thoughts and strategies from our book in bite-size pieces over the next 100 days. Join us on the Compassion Architects mailing list and each day you’ll receive a compassion move that you can try or an idea to share. You can even come back to us with stories of how you are #AwakeningCompassion and nominate other compassion architects.
DAY 8 OF THE COMPASSION ARCHITECTS NEWSLETTER
It’s Metaphor Monday! As part of 100 Days of Awakening Compassion, each Monday we will explore a new way of seeing and understanding compassion. This week, we go deeper into why we refer to leaders, managers, employees, and change agents who do the work of compassion in organizations as “compassion architects.”
Monica and Jane write in Awakening Compassion at Work: “Awakening compassion competence in organizations goes beyond individual hearts and minds—it requires the fundamental building blocks of organizational life.” (p. 114) This week of 100 Days of Awakening Compassion will be dedicated to the fundamental building blocks of organizational life and how we can re-design them with an eye toward compassion. Watch for daily thoughts, reflections, and techniques related to designing and re-designing the social architecture of organizations to awaken compassion.
Redesigning the social architecture to awaken compassion is the fundamental work of compassion architects. Do you know one? Please share this with them! Invite them to join us in 100 Days of Awakening Compassion, and nominate them by sharing a bit of their story here .
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