Part 5: Innovation Needs Empathy

In general, conversations about innovation tend to focus on possibility.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦?
W𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦?
W𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳?

Yes, those are important questions, but in a human-centered workplace leaders also need to ask: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲?

As you begin to integrate AI into your workplace, your team is likely wondering:
𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦?
W𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥?
H𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩?

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆.

Add empathy to what we’ve already talked about in this series: people needing clarity, trust, and connection in order to move through change comfortably.

Empathy will actually help innovation work!

Human-centered leaders understand that progress is about 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

-Laura

~

#Fun2GrowOn #LaughLearnGrow #HumanCenteredLeadership #Innovation #EmpathyAtWork"