https://www.theempathytour.co/blog daily 0.75 2023-12-29 https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/executive-summary monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1607930300366-GPLMMC7LR4CAJJWGLBJU/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-pink-vertical.jpg Enter the blog - Executive Summary - The Tour Artifacts The Empathy Tour Guide Book Our gift to all tour subscribers... Use our robust collection of self reflection prompts and team activities, designed to support you in exploring empathy, and building a work culture in alignment with your values and vision. SUBSCRIBE HERE • • • The Empathy Tour Live Webinar Go behind the scenes with Jyoti & Emily for a 1 hour conversation about The Empathy Tour, where they share the origin story and deeper why, the tour’s brand language, and findings. WATCH IT HERE • • • The Empathy Tour Mixtape Dance on your own or dance together. Move your body and express yourself! Spin up this collection of (safe for work) tunes at the start or end of your next team sync. STREAM IT HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1607929268110-MF7V7CCB41QKRHS9HUH0/Jyoti-Patel_and_Emily-Griffin.png Enter the blog - Executive Summary - Executive Summary With Jyoti Patel & Emily Griffin https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/tim-salau monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1607322753499-J6SLOUNLQXBAFVQNGGOU/tim-salau.png Enter the blog - Tim Salau - Tim Salau Co-Founder & CEO @ Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1607323397537-VK7QMBYX0GOU1714R1HH/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-red+long.jpg Enter the blog - Tim Salau - Action Prompts // SELF REFLECTION Our capacity to empathize with others is a reflection of the empathy we hold for ourselves. Let’s examine how this shows up at work, and reveal its invisible impact. Grab a journal and pen to answer the following questions: 1. What do you have little patience for with yourself and others? 2. Think of a time when you were hard on yourself. Why? Then, do a free word association exercise until your page is full. Have fun with it and see what emerges from your mind. You can’t get this wrong. 3. Start by writing the word “vulnerability” in the center of your page. Draw a line and write an associated word. It can be an insight, memory, or idea. Continue to write words to see what your mind surfaces. You may draw lines between any words that you sense are connected. 4. What was surprising? What did you learn? • • • // TEAM EXPLORATION Virtual Mini Fish Bowl 60 minutes Take stock of the rituals for connection happening now on your team, and explore how peers are investing in each other’s emotional bank accounts. Discuss the fallacy that building connection at work isn’t work. Have up to 12 people volunteer. Encourage a diverse cross section of people including introverts. Choose 3-5 people to be on camera, “in the fish bowl”. Everyone else off camera is “observing the fishbowl”. The fishbowl includes an “empty chair” which any observer can occupy to ask a question or provoke further insights. When the chair is occupied by someone new, someone has to rotate out, and turn their camera off, so the core number is constant. Discuss the rituals for connection on the team, what’s working and what’s emerging. 1. Check-ins - where are you making time to connect with peers or across levels to talk about life beyond work performance & goals? 2. Recognition - how do you share gratitude on your team? How do you say thanks for work well done, for being a great teammate? To wrap up and collect next steps, use a shared document or virtual white board to collect ideas in these categories: We will... Stop / Start / Continue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1607323425896-MAOME3N5H32QCTFNCVA2/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-pink-vertical.jpg Enter the blog - Tim Salau - Resources Support Big Black Tea’s vision to ensure every member of our community has a warm cup of tea to help them heal and recover during this pandemic. TAKE A SIP HERE Listen to Brené Brown’s interview with Eric Mosley, CEO and co-founder of Workhuman, about his new book, Making Work Human: How Human-Centered Companies are Changing the Future of Work and the World. LISTEN HERE Check out the full fishbowl exercise from one of our favorite facilitation resources, Game Storming. EXPLORE HERE https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/martine-stillman monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1606713804325-3D3KEPV8IJDQWBOONATC/martine-stillman.png Enter the blog - Martine Stillman - Martine Stillman VP of Engineering @ Synapse Product Development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1606714778053-VM4JWUN9DBH4TBPV6OOS/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-pink-vertical.jpg Enter the blog - Martine Stillman - Resources Cradle to Cradle How products can be designed from the outset so after their useful lives, they’ll provide nourishment for something new. LEARN MORE How does Synapse apply sustainable design into product development? READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1606714724158-GAGPJ4E8PEOPTR19O5ZW/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-wine+long.jpg Enter the blog - Martine Stillman - Action Prompts // SELF REFLECTION Martine compares building a sustainable future to building a mosaic. She reminds us that we can all meaningfully contribute to the bigger picture. Think of a product you use regularly -- e.g. a food, beauty or household product Spend 10 minutes mapping out its life cycle. We want you to consider the early and later stages of its lifecycle that you don’t usually think about. This includes the footprint and fate of all resources used throughout its life. --Source of raw materials, including packaging --Transportation --Design/Manufacturing/Assembly --Distribution/Sales --Usage/Waste/Disposal/Resting Place What did you uncover or learn? • • • // TEAM EXPLORATION Sustainability Newsroom The purpose of this game is to play investigative journalists. Work together to research, ideate and build a story on what you’re learning about business success through a sustainability lens. Conduct as 1 team or break up into multiple teams. 90 minutes total. Each team pick a company, product or service that has experienced immense growth in the last decade (examples: Uber, Uniqlo, Starbucks). Remember, that kind of growth doesn’t happen in a vacuum! Spend 60 minutes crafting a front page news story mockup, that uncovers & reveals your research on the hidden impacts in this company’s growth. Answer the following questions: 1. What internal & external factors may have facilitated that growth? 2. What resource(s) were used to enable the immense growth? 3. At whose expense did they experience this success? 4. Who benefited the most from this product or service? After your research & composition time, spend 30 minutes sharing out each team’s story and what you learned about the hidden cost of success. https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/naveen-jain monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1605834886440-JU7QGAIZ2W36VTWVCCT9/naveen-jain.png Enter the blog - Naveen Jain - Naveen Jain Founder & CEO @ Viome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1605836782846-23VV1J5TTRQYZ9Z5T27B/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-blue+long.jpg Enter the blog - Naveen Jain - Action Prompts // SELF REFLECTION In a previous feature, we had you take stock of where you invest your time & energy. Revisit your responses to that self reflection. Choose one of the four areas you explored around learning, relationships, or community. Create space for a 10 minute meditation and find a quiet space to sit uninterrupted. Close your eyes imagine yourself one year from now having accomplished the intention that you set. Deepen into sensing and imagining that future scenario. --What does it feel like? --What’s happening around you? Who is there? --What are you saying? What is being said to you? --How do you feel more connected to yourself, your people, and purpose? Share your vision in conversation with someone who is invested in you. When you share your intention with someone else, it allows your dreams to take flight and brings you one step closer to realizing what you see possible. Take one action, big or small, to step closer to your vision. • • • // TEAM EXPLORATION Naveen shared in detail how each of their company values lives as a compass for making decisions, and reminds us to insist on 100% integrity and alignment. The purpose of this exploration is to get a pulse on how aligned your team is with existing values, and see how they are (or aren’t) alive in the day-to-day experience of your organization. 1. Create a survey (We recommend Typeform) 2. List each of your company values & description statements. --Ask: Rate how alive this value is on a scale from 1-5 --Ask: How are you seeing this value expressed? --Ask: Where are you still seeing opportunities to grow it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1605836827477-8ICPFJJ8CCW2TYW5Y5J8/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-wine.jpg Enter the blog - Naveen Jain - Resources Go deeper into understanding microbiomes & the work of Naveen’s company Viome. Here is Naveen in conversation with Deepak Chopra. READ IT HERE Check out Navine’s book Moonshots: Creating a World of Abundance SEE IT HERE Need a refresher on creating a solid value set for your company? Use this Values Quick Start Guide from Great Mondays. DOWNLOAD HERE https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/emily-best monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1605491102413-MU7U9UFOQORFS9BGOGUP/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-red+long.jpg Enter the blog - Emily Best - Action Prompts // SELF REFLECTION Emily Best reminds us, “We’ve made up a lot of ideas about people that are just stories, and we can change the stories that we tell about each other.” There’s a reinforcing loop between the stories we create about people, what we pay attention to, and the actions we take. From seeing Emily’s photograph and reading her story answer these Qs: 1. What assumptions are you making based on what you are seeing and reading? 2. What conclusions are you drawing about her based on the assumptions you made? 3. What beliefs are you forming about Emily and others like her based on your conclusions? Reflect on how these beliefs create a biased filter that would impact your conversation with her as an executive colleague, boss, parent, or potential investment. • • • // TEAM EXPLORATION Host a mini film festival! The purpose is to cultivate empathy through shared stories, and explore beliefs together. Gather a few of your culture champions to choose some films to watch and discuss. It can be held over 1 hour at lunch, with the follow-up Qs set up for asynchronous chat afterwards. DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1605489095630-T3ALTFKPJ20PSFKXETLE/emily-best.png Enter the blog - Emily Best - Emily Best Founder & CEO @ Seed&Spark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1605491208945-KD3M6UIYM1WNN85EZ40E/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-blue.jpg Enter the blog - Emily Best - Resources Use the Ladder of Inference model to help identify how easily you jump to conclusions. Leverage this framework and make better decisions together with your team. EXPLORE HERE Subscribe to Seed&Spark (Starts @ $3/mo) to watch their fantastic collection of movies, community events and crowdfunding opps. VISIT SEED & SPARK Check out Emily Best’s writing collection on Medium to explore her take on topics like mentorship, DE&I, investment funding, and the entertainment industry. FOLLOW HER HERE https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/alonda-williams monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1604901664840-WCGZLSDW7V0SD0F0HJ1B/alonda.png Enter the blog - Alonda Williams - Alonda Williams SVP & Chief Experience Officer @ YMCA of Seattle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1604903524688-14I8QJOJXZ0H4E7ZG8P9/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-red.jpg Enter the blog - Alonda Williams - Resources Play on Purpose is an awesome library of games you can use with your teams for icebreakers & creative connection, developed by the inspiring master facilitator Jenny Sauer-Klein & team. SUBSCRIBE HERE Liberating Structures is one of our favorite guides to organize interactions and groups work for presentations, managed discussions, open discussions, status reports and brainstorm sessions. REVIEW THE MENU HERE MAKE A GIFT TO THE YMCA SEATTLE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1604903449088-C6DLP5CDY7TLS95DM8AU/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-blue+long.jpg Enter the blog - Alonda Williams - Action Prompts // SELF REFLECTION Alonda reminds us, “As a leader, when you step out and you're courageous, and you do the right thing, you don't always get the confirmation that yes, this is the right thing.” Grab your journal & pen, and reflect on the following Qs: What actions are you taking now that you know are inherently valuable, regardless of external validation and accolades? What do you know you need to do, even if you don’t ever get recognition? Why? • • • // TEAM EXPLORATION Liberating Objects (10-15 minutes) Purpose: To promote divergent thinking by coming up with alternate uses for an object. DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE HERE Rose Thorn Bud (20-30 minutes) Purpose: To surface a healthy range of insights during a team check-in. This clears space for vulnerable personal sharing and team alignment around what's top of mind. DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE HERE Team Dance Break (5-10 minutes) Purpose: To have fun with a collective experience of embodied movement to get the energy flowing at the start or completion of your next team sync. DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE HERE GET THE EMPATHY TOUR MIXTAPE HERE https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/cleo-barnett monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1604082501144-HE3892XXENFCCR6HUSC0/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-wine.jpg Enter the blog - Cleo Barnett - Resources Download and print Amplifier art from home to share with your community. DOWNLOAD ART The new Amplifier AR App transforms the analog 2-D posters, stickers, and murals into art that literally comes to life. GET THE iOS APP Podcast: Using Art to Heal with Rukmini Poddar LISTEN HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1604175894009-SPCHBNH977N31M57TRM1/Blog+Covers+Template.png Enter the blog - Cleo Barnett - Cleo Barnett Executive Director @ Amplifier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1604081749551-9PRK7O6XEQNK53HGVNWV/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-red+long.jpg Enter the blog - Cleo Barnett - Action Prompts // SELF REFLECTION 1. Stand up, shake out your limbs, stomp your feet & take some deep breaths. Reach out your arms side to side and collect in all your disparate energy back into your heart center. Now take some more deep breaths to check in with what you’re feeling and where you feel it in your body. 2. Get a piece of paper and some pens as you settle back at your desk. 3. Create 2 sections on your page: Hopes & Dreams | Fears & Concerns 4. Draw images, symbols, shapes, and words that capture your feelings in each section. • • • // TEAM EXPLORATION Dedicate 60 minutes to create an artful collage with your team using a virtual whiteboard tool like Miro. 1. Begin by doing the embodiment exercise (step 1) together, then give everyone 5-10 minutes to do the creative self reflection (steps 2-3) outlined above. 2. Now, each person please find an image that reflects your feeling(s) and place it onto the whiteboard. 3. Witness a piece of artwork materialize that represents your collective feelings. 4. Open dialogue: -Each person is invited to share about the images you chose and what it represents to you. -What feelings do you sense are emerging from the whole collage? -What was it like to engage in this process as a team? 5. Thank each other. Being seen & heard in our truth is inherently valuable, it doesn't alway have to translate into an action plan, unless you want it to . https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/daniela-tudor monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1603486682942-CN8SRZKAPPUC7JA3GIKP/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-wine+long.jpg Enter the blog - Daniela Luzi Tudor - Action Prompts // SELF REFLECTION Daniela shared how her team is supported in choosing what they consider as part of their wellness -- whether that’s therapy, time to take care of their family or engage in activism work. 1. How has your definition of wellness at work changed this year? 2. What requests could you make to feel better supported? • • • // TEAM EXPLORATION The collective trauma we’re experiencing in 2020 is activating personal trauma related to family, health, and financial stability. We must assume everyone is experiencing different waves of emotions. At the start of your next team meeting, use this simple check-in activity to invite your teammates to share their feelings (out loud or in the chat box) using weather metaphors: Pick one or a combo: - Sunny: Happy/excited - Snowy: Relaxed/peaceful - Rainbow: Hopeful - Rainy: Sad/lonely - Storm: Angry/frustrated - Windy: Anxious/stressed - Foggy: Confused/depressed - Cloudy: Grumpy/sick Psychological safety is the # 1 characteristic of high performing teams. Being seen in our truth establishes a welcoming environment, and removes barriers to authentic participation. Like the sky, we’re always experiencing different weather patterns or emotions. Feel them, acknowledge them, and they too shall pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1603484775011-YCOXNQ9OQJMGEK60LFA8/Daniela-Tudor-The-Empathy-Tour.png Enter the blog - Daniela Luzi Tudor - Daniela Luzi Tudor Co-founder & CEO @ WEconnect Health Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1603487027627-5FOFOMU4OC44VD2JQUJ0/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-pink-vertical.jpg Enter the blog - Daniela Luzi Tudor - Resources In her TED talk, Daniela addresses practical ways to build intimacy in the workplace – to create healthy, supportive and productive environments. WATCH HERE In this TED talk, learn how trauma or ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) increase risk for chronic diseases. WATCH VIDEO If you want to use the ACEs framework to improve your health, calculate your ACE score to start a conversation with your healthcare provider. TAKE THE QUESTIONNAIRE https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/victoria-santos monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1603087506736-HS9IOXEEF4UYRQ3PANEU/Victoria-Santos-The-Empathy-Tour.png Enter the blog - Victoria Santos - Victoria Santos Co-Executive Director @ Young Women Empowered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1601268358109-ZTO1JTNRS4JVYYW52BL9/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-pink-vertical.jpg Enter the blog - Victoria Santos - Action Prompts // SELF REFLECTION Victoria reminds us that one of the ways mainstream business culture exploits you is keeping you so busy that you don't question it. 1. If you weren’t so busy all the time, what would you spend time learning? 2. How would you show up differently with the kids in your life? 3. Who would you reach out to or spend time with? 4. How would you invest in your community? • • • // TEAM EXPLORATION You have an opportunity to explore your biases and blind spots towards those with less experience. How are you valuing the fresh perspectives of younger voices in your enterprise? Gather all the Gen Zs & Millennials in your organization for 1 hour. Individually, spend 10 minutes reflecting on the following prompts. 1. What are the top strengths & challenges of your generation? 2. A common misunderstanding about our generation is… 3. The opportunity I see for our company to be more supportive for our generation is… Then as a group, spend 20 minutes together to discuss and compile the key themes. Decide how you would like to share your insights with the rest of your company and make it happen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600646797155-6AMTA01PC6MSMLHB3CZ6/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-blue+long.jpg Enter the blog - Victoria Santos - Resources Your value as a human is not about constantly producing, and achieving. Don’t forget to make time for your own playfulness and creativity. We love these facilitation activities, games and tools you can do with your team, by Partners for Youth Empowerment. PICK A GAME HERE Support the work of Young Women Empowered DONATE HERE https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/sheryl-cababa monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1603089495826-61ZGPJDE0V3TIMIXOH63/Sheryl-Cababa-The-Empathy-Tour.png Enter the blog - Sheryl Cababa - Sheryl Cababa VP of Strategy @ Substantial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1601268358109-ZTO1JTNRS4JVYYW52BL9/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-pink-vertical.jpg Enter the blog - Sheryl Cababa - Action Prompts Systems thinking is an approach to examine the interconnected & circular nature of our reality so we can design and problem solve in more holistic, sustainable, & impactful ways. // SELF REFLECTION When Sheryl talks about the need to slow down to ask questions that account for impact, where in your experience, have you sensed resistance to that? Which organizational norms deter this? • • • // TEAM EXPLORATION Sheryl talks about bringing awareness to ripple effects of a product/service, and pulling that forward as we design, build and deliver “value”. Consider potential blind spots and unintended consequences for your product/service: 1. How does it respect people’s boundaries and the other parts of their lives? 2. Who could it most directly benefit outside of your targeted users? 3. What feedback would the environment give about it? These Qs were sampled from the Tarot Cards of Tech. PLAY HERE DOWNLOAD HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600646797155-6AMTA01PC6MSMLHB3CZ6/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-blue+long.jpg Enter the blog - Sheryl Cababa - Resources Learn about the habits of a systems thinker. VIEW THE GUIDE Check out animated causal loops for social media ripple effects and reinforcing cycles. EXPLORE HERE https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/ananda-valenzuela monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600646797155-6AMTA01PC6MSMLHB3CZ6/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-blue+long.jpg Enter the blog - Ananda Valenzuela - Resources Transformational Capacity Building: RVC leaders identified seven emerging key approaches to supporting nonprofits of color. READ THE ARTICLE RVC employs a holacracy organizational model, emphasizing distributed leadership. Check out this resource on 7 ½ Common Business Organizational Structures. DOWNLOAD THE PDF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1601268358109-ZTO1JTNRS4JVYYW52BL9/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-pink-vertical.jpg Enter the blog - Ananda Valenzuela - Action Prompts // SELF REFLECTION Employing empathy is a challenging, powerful practice. It’s work that’s focused on the quality of our relationships. We must invest in healthy channels of communication, so we can increase our capacity to deeply listen and respond to what's emerging. Recall a challenging interaction with another person at work. Reflect on the words that were said, and the emotions that were (and perhaps not) being expressed. Now think about the other person in that dynamic -- their possible commitments, fears and worldview. Now write them a short letter (sending optional) acknowledging their emotions, and what their fears and commitments may have been in that moment. // TEAM EXPLORATION Gather your immediate team to hold a 60-minute retrospective. Use a tool like Trello so everyone can contribute topics. (We recommend you do this every 1-2 weeks!) 1. Acknowledge what's going well (kudos & hi-fives). 2. Discuss ideas to improve the team flow & decision making process. 3. Take turns answering the question: What’s one thing that would add to your happiness at work? Ground rules: • Everybody must participate • Deeply listen to others words • Feel their emotions • Imagine their intentions/worldview • Thank them for sharing their truth • Resist (and notice!) the urge to fix or advise them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1602050976452-XT4K90RS71JJI8XEXMUT/Ananda-Valenzuela-The-Empathy-Tour.png Enter the blog - Ananda Valenzuela - Ananda Valenzuela Interim Executive Director @ RVC https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/aaron-hurst monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1601268358109-ZTO1JTNRS4JVYYW52BL9/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-pink-vertical.jpg Enter the blog - Aaron Hurst - Action Prompts // SELF REFLECTION It’s time to check your echo chamber at work. Us vs. Them mentality is a cultural reality. Reflect on the professional connections you have or have not created with those outside of your direct circle. Write down the 10-20 people you connect with the most. Consider how much diversity of thought, belief and lifestyle you see represented. (ie. gender, BIPOC, LGBTQIA, socio-economic backgrounds, political beliefs.) // TEAM EXPLORATION Gather your core leadership team for a 60 minute exercise on crafting your moonshot. 1. Review the definition of a moonshot Aaron shares in his interview. 2. Review your organization’s vision statement. 3. Dialogue on your vision. Is it bold enough? Compelling enough? Measurable? 4. For 10 minutes, each person creates some moonshot statements. 5. Share and discuss your favorites, and allow the visions to inspire you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1601258643264-N1BHTU93Q1WJPT3DZSR0/The-Empathy-Tour-Aaron-Hurst.png Enter the blog - Aaron Hurst - Aaron Hurst CEO @ Imperative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600646797155-6AMTA01PC6MSMLHB3CZ6/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-blue+long.jpg Enter the blog - Aaron Hurst - Resources Read Aaron’s latest LinkedIn article about how to best prepare for supporting teams in what’s to be a very stressful end of 2020. READ THIS Register for this October 13th webinar hosted by Aaron on how to empower teams to build and sustain meaningful relationships, ones that help each other do their best thinking, process change and grow personally and professionally. REGISTER HERE https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/humaira-ahmed monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600646797155-6AMTA01PC6MSMLHB3CZ6/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-blue+long.jpg Enter the blog - Humaira Ahmed - Resource Learn about how investors still fail to fund women owned businesses at scale, and three practices to hold venture capitalists to account: Institutional Investors Must Help Close the Race and Gender Gaps in Venture Capital https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600623911585-X25E5FZADBSTN45YK4T9/the-empathy-tour-humaira-ahmed.jpg Enter the blog - Humaira Ahmed - Humaira Ahmed CEO @ Locelle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600646534190-CJQQP0DT179X1TLXMSIP/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-red+long.jpg Enter the blog - Humaira Ahmed - Action Prompts These prompts are inspired by Humaira’s story about gender equity and how hustle & grind culture is propagated through the venture ecosystem. They’ll help you understand your internalized gender bias and strategies to respond. // SELF REFLECTION Humaira shared that both in her marriage and on her team, she practices the mantra: “I don't care about who is right, we care about what is right.” How do your behavioral norms from personal relationships impact expectations in your work life? And vice versa? // TEAM EXPLORATION Create connection time with your team to discuss: • How do gender norms influence your roles and relationships at work? • Share a personal or professional story about how gender inequality has shown up in your life. • Brainstorm responses to this question: How might we play with “walking in someone else’s shoes” for a day? https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/claudius-mbemba monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600363088215-DAGEGSUTVP5M3N450EZF/the-empathy-tour-claudius-mbemba.jpg Enter the blog - Claudius Mbemba - Claudius Mbemba Co-Founder & CTO @ Neu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600646633214-GM92A8RWPI92CAK4YMA3/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-wine+long.jpg Enter the blog - Claudius Mbemba - Action Prompts These prompts are inspired by Claudius’ story and the prospect of choosing stakeholders and shareholders who align with your company’s purpose. They’ll help you understand the deeper forces that shape your investor relationships. // SELF REFLECTION Think of a time when you felt you had to compromise your customer/employee’s well-being for the sake of the bottom line/profits, and journal your answers: • How did that feel? • What did you learn from that experience? // TEAM EXPLORATION Get 60 minutes on the books with your core leadership team to discuss these questions: • What are your criteria for bringing on investors and influential stakeholders? • How might a scarcity mindset influence how you show up with investors, funders, and other influential stakeholders? What does sustainable growth look like to you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600366676451-V2GZMPNCSSYYPD53TEFH/the-empathy-tour-teachable-moment.jpg Enter the blog - Claudius Mbemba - Resource Listen to this town hall conversation and sign the the pledge as a commitment to build accountability for creating an equitable, anti-racist organization. Designed by Rachel Rodgers & team at Hello Seven. https://www.theempathytour.co/blog/lauren-sato monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600645109149-41WJCI64USPY004006J6/the-empathy-tour-teachable-moment.jpg Enter the blog - Lauren Sato - Resource Empower yourself with facts! Use the data in this report to fuel your conversations about systemic gender and race inequality. 27+ Women in Technology Stats, Facts. and Trends for 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600464304064-XPRMBIFR87LBZT32M9R8/the-empathy-tour-lauren-sato.jpg Enter the blog - Lauren Sato - Lauren Sato CEO @ Ada Developers Academy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600644807327-DZ7I3XGLM0QXPL6867M1/the-empathy-tour-action-prompt-pink-vertical+copy.jpg Enter the blog - Lauren Sato - Action Prompts These prompts are inspired by themes Lauren raised around the realities of inequality in the tech workforce, and its ties to economic power. They’ll help you uncover your unconscious bias and consider systems to support the shift in your sphere of influence. // SELF REFLECTION Envision a future state with a redistribution of wealth, and journal your answers: • What could companies & communities led by women & BIPOC look like? • Do you have internal resistance to that possibility? • Surface any beliefs, mindsets or fears about seeing a reality with rich women & BIPOC in positions of power. // TEAM EXPLORATION Gather your hiring, onboarding & culture planning teams for a 60 minute meeting. Watch this 4 minute video together: Women in Tech Statistics: Hard Truths of an Uphill Battle Then talk about these factors and how to play a part in closing the gap: • Education: how are you investing in skill development for your talent? • Hiring: who is getting hired & who is doing the hiring at your company? • Retention: how are women, minorities and allies being supported and mentored in your org? https://www.theempathytour.co/home daily 1.0 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1599239493950-PNUQ7L9I26RRRL3PO8VB/the-empathy-tour-compass.png Home - The Power Of Empathy. Explore our collection of stories and activities to lead with empathy and meaningfully connect to the critical challenges of our time. You shouldn't have to choose between your humanity and success in business -- now is the time to stand up and answer the world's call for a new way to lead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600465559664-HO55A9LAP8FHY3PWIPUN/the-empathy-tour-blog-roll.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600465404834-6816VEY2Q1RUWPTQY28M/the-empathy-tour-CTA3.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600191650665-IHIT7MQCURXJN7GJJAZK/the-empathy-tour-inspire-with-creativity.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600191669856-JYEBS8CREVWHOW0HEHXQ/the-empathy-tour-involve-your-biz.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600191630241-94C34F0CUU09HMRK71BT/the-empathy-tour-Become-a-bold-leader.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600276605586-R3C7D8B2AWJP7UDUUBHR/the-empathy-tour-global-awareness.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600194119326-5HD3DZSU7R91MOORRSR4/the-empathy-tour-playful-facilitation.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600194082607-S3W6EMILM6R9TLXGK9LS/the-empathy-tour-courageous-wisdom.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600196632574-UGRBIYCKU2T1CD6PBBG7/the-empathy-tour-engage.png Home - Engage Stay connected with Jyoti & Emily and be a part of the movement of leaders committed to organizational equity and justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600196611448-O3M7SOT2MXHYSHSL4VRL/the-empathy-tour-experiment.png Home - Experiment Each feature is paired with creative action prompts for reflection and play, for you and your team to meaningfully connect to the critical challenges of our time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600210608242-X12VVAX90DABSHYHXSBW/the-empathy-tour-explore.png Home - Explore Every executive interview feature reveals honest insights that will inspire you to power your relationships and decisions with empathy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1599241464902-DL5YV7W5MCO0BXQFVV50/Screen+Shot+2020-09-04+at+10.44.14+AM.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600132134225-4ITD5D7N2M3949CPFBJ0/the-empathy-tour-homepage.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600194678715-7OW2UHSTD46MU3AEJA14/the-empathy-tour-emily-jyoti.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600205759235-K67OE0ZL3MCOTS969BES/Screen+Shot+2020-09-15+at+11.11.23+AM.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600211656050-XSWMQ9NXNM0YIG25ANBB/the-empathy-tour-welcome.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600213816812-HF84K11F5H66UZMXGJM4/the-empathy-tour-inside-the-tour-4.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600222088597-NHP8JD666I86L0AQV2NB/the-empathy-tour-learn.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600465799852-EDWZAX9EVAO9CEVBPJVW/the-empathy-tour-background.jpg Home https://www.theempathytour.co/thankyou daily 0.75 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600277583262-8K9EGT0DANHTRZ95WMZ9/the-empathy-tour-thank-you.jpg Thank You - You’re almost in… Please check your inbox (or promo/spam folder) to confirm your email address & add us to your contacts. We’ll send you your Guide Book right away. In the meantime, dive into the features we crafted for you on the blog. Need help? Have feedback? Email us. Come say hi wherever you hang out on socials ❤️ LINKEDIN—INSTAGRAM—TWITTER—FACEBOOK #WeLeadWithEmpathy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600220647457-TE1MOXSY6DKZK03TYMJL/the-empathy-tour-thank-you-3.png Thank You https://www.theempathytour.co/new-page daily 0.75 2020-08-18 https://www.theempathytour.co/work-with-us daily 0.75 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600203714626-K7O8W6396OVUHOLAJ5SB/the-empathy-tour-joyti-jani.jpg Work With Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600205546579-47VY9YGI5PJXV6XHB6CM/the-empathy-tour-about.png Work With Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600203734356-PZPE4PE2KRZLWOIO93V5/the-empathy-tour-emily-griffin.jpg Work With Us https://www.theempathytour.co/contact-thank-you daily 0.75 2020-09-17 https://www.theempathytour.co/404-page daily 0.75 2020-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3c18aee4622003b390af12/1600358057006-RYXNMDXD6A5KGWSMW8MM/the-empathy-tour-go-back.gif 404 Page