Rising to the Moment: Leading and Working with Compassion Now

September 25, 2020

Positive Links Speaker Series

“Rising to the Moment: Leading and Working with Compassion Now”

September 24, 2020

A gift from Rising to the Moment

This gift of ideas was co-created by the contributors to Rising to the Moment. Each contributor offered a story to illuminate what compassion looks like in 2020. These stories are fuel for the imagination, just as they are active ingredient for change.

Each contributor also used a story to illustrate small moves that awaken compassion now. They are captured here, available to anyone, and ready to be put to use. While easy to underestimate, the power of small moves is in their ability to adapt to any context, expanding our repertoire of possibility. Naming these small moves helps elaborate the deep skills involved in rehumanizing one another as we face such widespread and unprecedented suffering.

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About the panel

As the global pandemic drags on and people around the world struggle to find a “new normal,” so many of us find illness, disease, and loss piling on top of natural disasters, financial ruin, and the long-term suffering wrought by systemic racism and injustice. While we feel called to rise to the moment, it’s no wonder that many of us begin to feel hopeless or helpless to do so. This event is designed to renew our capacity to imagine and enact compassion in the face of the widespread suffering we find all around us.

Join us for an exploration of a science-based view of compassion that meets this moment. We bring together a number of experts who study compassion in organizations with practitioners who are leading for compassion now. Each of our panelists will feed our imagination with stories and fuel our capacity for action with small, actionable strategies that you can use right now. Focused on building our capacity for action, this unique panel structure will leave you with a replenished toolkit full of small moves that will help you find ways to rise to the challenges of leading, learning, and teaching with compassion now.

Curators

	Jane Dutton Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Emerita Professor of Business Administration and Psychology University of Michigan Jane's bio
	Monica Worline Lecturer, Ross School of Business University of Michigan Monica's bio

Presenters

	Al'ai (LA) Alvarez, MD Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Residency Program Director of Emergency Medicine Stanford University Al'ai's bio
	Amy Bunch Senior Director of Organizational Culture and Strategy for the Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer University of Michigan Amy's bio
	Tiffany D. Johnson Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior Georgia Institute of Technology Tiffany's bio
	Jason Kanov Professor of Management Western Washington University Jason's bio
	Reut Livne-Tarandach Assistant Professor of Management Manhattan College Reut's bio
	Chris Murchison Positive Organization Design and Culture Consultant Chris' bio
	Anne Birgitta Pessi Professor of Church and Social Studies & Docent in Wellbeing Sociology University of Helsinki Anne's bio
	Ace Simpson Reader in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior Brunel University London Ace's bio