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LEADING WITH
FIERCE
COMPASSION
April Wensel
Founder of Compassionate Coding
COMPASSIONATE
C O D I N G
@compassioncode #WeRiseTech
@compassioncode
@compassioncode CC image by John Morgan - https://flic.kr/p/4y85su
@compassioncode
TOXIC
TO EMPLOYEES
87%
of women experienced
demeaning comments
from male colleagues
@compassioncode h"ps://www.elephan-nthevalley.com/
UNFAIRNESS in the form of
everyday behavior
(stereotyping, harassment,
microaggressions, etc.) is a
very real and damaging part of
the tech work environment,
speci鍖cally affecting
underrepresented groups
@compassioncode h"p://www.kaporcenter.org/tech-leavers/
Theyre not the
happiest bunch.
Theyre all overworked
and under pressure.
Christina Grant, Ph.D., Vegan Gourmet Dinner
Meetup, Palo Alto, August 29, 2016
@compassioncode
@compassioncode
h"ps://www.wired.com/video/2017/06/techies-
are-using-ketamine-to-鍖ght-their-depression/
TOXIC
TO USERS
@compassioncode
Are You Lost In The World Like Me?
Animation by Steve Cutts
Music by Moby & The Void Pacific Choir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VASywEuqFd8@compassioncode
@compassioncode
TOXIC
TO COMMUNITIES
@compassioncode
h"p://www.businessinsider.com/photos-google-and-yahoo-bus-protest-2014-4
@compassioncode
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/
silicon-valley-has-an-empathy-vacuum
http://onbeing.org/programs/anil-dash-techs-
moral-reckoning/
@compassioncode
@compassioncode
≒ Domination
≒ Aggression
≒ Ambition
≒ Competition
Raj Sisodia
Foreword, Awakening Compassion at Work
Monica Worline & Jane Dutton
≒ Short-term
thinking
≒ Zero-sum view
of the world
Hypermasculine Values
@compassioncode
C O D I N G
COMPASSIONATE
@compassioncode
DISRUPT THE
TECH
INDUSTRY
WITH
COMPASSION@compassioncode
@compassioncode
Photo courtesy of #WOCInTechChat@compassioncode
YOU
can lead this
change
@compassioncode
THE PLAN
1. WHAT is compassion?
2. WHY is it important?
3. HOW can you use it?
@compassioncode
COMPASSION
@compassioncode
@aprilwensel
h"ps://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/
鍖leexchange/21239--ps---tricks--geGng-
started-using-op-miza-on-with-matlab	@compassioncode
@compassioncode
LOOK UPON
SUFFERING
@compassioncode
Compassion
involves risk and
makes us
vulnerable.
@compassioncode
Karen Armstrong
12 Steps to a Compassionate Life
RESIST THE
STATUS QUO
@compassioncode
RADICAL
CANDOR
@compassioncode
WHY
@compassioncode
MORE
EFFECTIVE
TEAMS
@compassioncode
Compassionate business units
exhibited BETTER
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
and these units realized
HIGHER EMPLOYEE AND
CUSTOMER RETENTION
@compassioncode
Awakening Compassion at Work
Monica Worline & Jane Dutton
MORE
CREATIVITY
@compassioncode
When our brains are
opened by POSITIVE
EMOTIONS like JOY, we can
BETTER SEE CONNECTIONS
and more options TO SOLVE
WORK PROBLEMS.
Shawn Murphy, The Optimistic Workplace
@compassioncode
DEVELOP
RESILIENCE
@compassioncode
HOW
@compassioncode
SLOOOOW
DOWN
@compassioncode
@compassioncode
We are so BUSY BEING
BUSY that we dont take the
time to re鍖ect on and ask
the questions that can
reshape our lives.
Larry & Hersch Wilson, Play to
Win
@compassioncode
MINDFULNESS
@compassioncode
NOTICE
SUFFERING
@compassioncode
INVESTIGATE
@compassioncode
TAKE
ACTION TO
ALLEVIATE
SUFFERING
@compassioncode
CONTENTIOUS
CODE
REVIEWS
@compassioncode
LULL IN USER
SIGN UPS
@compassioncode
SNAPPING AT
COWORKERS
@compassioncode
You are ALWAYS
doing your best
@compassioncode
You are ALWAYS
doing your best
@compassioncode
given the circumstances
1. WHAT is compassion?
2. WHY is it important?
3. HOW can you use it?
@compassioncode
"I'm not worried about arti鍖cial
intelligence giving computers
the ability to think like humans
I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
PEOPLE THINKING LIKE
COMPUTERS.
Tim Cook
@compassioncode
h"p://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/09/watch-apple-
ceo--m-cook-speaks-at-mit-commencement.html
Remaking the tech
industryreforming it
around being more ETHICAL
and HUMANEthis is one of
the most important missions
around.
Anil Dash
http://onbeing.org/programs/anil-
dash-techs-moral-reckoning/@compassioncode
If it is not tempered by
COMPASSION and EMPATHY,
REASON can lead men and
women into a MORAL VOID.
Karen Armstrong
Join the movement!
compassionatecoding.com
@compassioncode
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