Compassion Lab

"I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance."
-- William Faulkner

Nobel Prize acceptance speech, December, 1950

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe… He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us … Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
-- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
 

We are a group of researchers working in business schools who strive to create a new vision of organizations as sites for the development and expression of compassion. We are part of a broader community of scholars who are dedicated to developing a perspective on organizations as sites for human growth and the development of human strengths.

Photos

Academy of Management Conference, 2009

From left to Right: Jane Dutton, Jason Kanov, Monica Worline, Sally Maitlis, and Jacoba Lilius

Academy of Management Conference, 2003

From Left to Right: Sally Maitlis, Peter Frost, Jason Kanov, Monica Worline, Jacoba Lilius, and Jane Dutton

Academy of Management 2002