Intentions

Edwin

• I want to create tools for fostering more empathy in the world. I’d also like to make connections with people who value empathy and build an empathy based movement.

• I want to create tools for fostering more empathy in the world. I’d like to make connections with people who value empathy and build a movement. I’d like to support other team members in starting to lead the meetings.

Lee-Anne (Team 6)

• I set the intention to be present, and open to empathizing, creating, inventing, welcoming, and collaborating in the 10 weeks ahead.

• I set the intention to be open, welcoming, and lovingly allowing in all my communication practices, and to cultivate same for/with my dialogue partners.

• I set the intention to co-create tools that foster empathy in the world.

• I set the intention to practice leading Edwin’s Empathic Design prototype so that I may become proficient at it, and use it elsewhere to foster an empathic way of being in myself, the circle, and society.

Wendy (Team 6)

• I want to connect with people who prioritize empathy and learn how to leverage these connections to have empathy become the norm.

• My intention is to learn how to cultivate empathy more effectively

• My intention is to focus and connect with others involved in today’s session.

Lewis (Team 6)

• I set the intention to increase my understanding of empathy and practice effective use of it.

• prepare for school with this.

• I’m setting the intention to interact in an empathic way with the participants of the group and those outside of it.

Chase (Team 6)

• My intention is to get a better understanding of the workshop’s goal

• Learn how to introduce more empathy into my life and other people's lives.

• To be empathetic to everyone in the circle and to contribute to our goal.

Shelley (Team 6)

• I would like to feel oriented and be able to contribute to the team’s efforts.

Intentions From Workshops

workshops/2015-08-18

Claudia

I am curious and excited to learn more about how empathy can help change our world.

Nika

I believe that developing people’s empathy capacities is very important and I’m intrigued about how Edwin has designed this design lab experience.

Valentina

Our culture supports assertiveness and extrovertedness at the expense of listening and empathy. It would be nice to look into ways to highlight the value of empathy.

From the design point of view, HCD mentions empathy, but HOW it is used in the design project is very fuzzy, and I would like to explore its concrete role.

workshops/2015-08-22

Bar Lowenberg

To further my empathy skills and ability and to connect with kindred spirits

Tim

Same as Edwin - build tools that make this more accessible to the masses - demystify & simplify the concepts so others can understand & use them...

Velina

I like what Bar said. Ditto :O) Connection from the heart and build community with kindred spirits is the ultimate need I have

team-6/2015-08-24

Wendy I want to connect with people who prioritize empathy and learn how to leverage these connections to have empathy become the norm.

Lee-Anne I set the intention to be present, and open to empathizing, creating, inventing, welcoming, and collaborating in the 10 weeks ahead.

Lewis I set the intention to increase my understanding of empathy and practice effective use of it.

Chase Learn how to introduce more empathy into my life and other people's lives.

workshops/2015-08-26

Thomas

• Curios about methods or ideas how to train empathy. Some fresh input which I can use in everyday life. Maybe some hands-on action right away. I have no expectations so far.

• Just curios and excited. Let‘s see…

• Empathy as a tool for conflict prevention.

• And as a user experience designer, how can I improve empathy-building for users > better feeling, more efficient.

Susanne I would like to get some inspiration on how you can train empathy and learn more about how you can make people passionate about the topic.

Franz I am curious about your way of training empathy and learning more about it.

Iris I’m excited to know what is going to happen at this workshop :)

workshops/2015-08-27

Xuan Zhao

I want to find creative, scalable ways cultivating empathy in our society and assess the validity of such intervention. Also incorporate empathy circle as an exercise in my empathy course.

Lee-Anne

I set the intention to be open, welcoming, and lovingly allowing in all my communication practices, and to cultivate same for/with my dialogue partners.

Nicholas

To connect here with each of you, to get my microphone to work :), to learn and build with like-minded, like hearted people toward more empathetic and compassionate communities.

team-6/2015-08-31

Lee-Anne I set the intention to co-create tools that foster empathy in the world.

Wendy My intention is to learn how to cultivate empathy more effectively

Chase My intention is to get a better understanding of the workshop’s goal

Lewis prepare for school with this.

team-7/2015-09-02

Tim

Same as Edwin - also interested in furthering design processes/education through empathy & technology.

Mercedes

I would like to empower kids to become visionary and empathic leaders. I want to design a model of education/tools that focuses in Becoming by integrating the soul in the process of understanding our humanity as a means to establish deep connections and foster empathy/ character and greatness.

Melissa

to learn more about empathic design and expand my own skills in relation to empathic skills development. I’m not such a great listener, so this also gives me a chance to practice and improve.

Xuan Zhao

To get to know all kinds of practice on empathy out there. To find interesting research topics, and to find stimulating materials for my empathy & leadership class & workshops.

Luiza (LULU)

To get to know better how i could help people understand each other so that they could work together in building up a better life for everyone

team-8/2015-09-03

Edwin

I want to create tools for fostering more empathy in the world.

I’d like to make connections with people who value empathy and build a movement.

I want to listen in and learn new tools for creating an empathic community.

Xuan Zhao

I want to find creative, scalable ways cultivating empathy in our society and assess the validity of such intervention. Also incorporate empathy circle as an exercise in my empathy course.

Lee-Anne

I set the intention to be open, welcoming, and lovingly allowing in all my communication practices, and to cultivate same for/with my dialogue partners.

Nicholas

To connect here with each of you, to get my microphone to work :), to learn and build with like-minded, like hearted people toward more empathetic and compassionate communities.

workshops/2015-09-05

Angela

I will champion empathy tools and circles in my community as part of how we might design a more connected community locally and beyond.

Sherry

to learn more about empathy, practice empathy from like minded people to develop my skills.

Srinath

To learn. To better understand how Empathic Design might better serve users of whatisthrivingandfunwithrc.wordpress.com and restorativecommunication.org in order to serve peace.

team-6/2015-09-07

Edwin

I want to create tools for fostering more empathy in the world. I’d like to make connections with people who value empathy and build a movement. I’d like to support other team members in starting to lead the meetings.

Shelley

I would like to feel oriented and be able to contribute to the team’s efforts.

Lee-Anne

I set the intention to practice leading Edwin’s Empathic Design prototype so that I may become proficient at it, and use it elsewhere to foster an empathic way of being in myself, the circle, and society.

Wendy

My intention is to focus and connect with others involved in today’s session.

Chase

To be empathetic to everyone in the circle and to contribute to our goal.

Lewis

I’m setting the intention to interact in an empathic way with the participants of the group and those outside of it.

team-7/2015-09-09

Edwin

I want to create tools for fostering more empathy in the world. I’d like to make connections with people who value empathy and build a movement. Would like to refine the IDEO course so that it works effectively online and can be optimised for fostering empathy.

Lulu

I’m interested in developing my existing skills regarding empathic behaviour as well as learning new ways of helping others communicate and understand each other so that we could all participate in creating a better world (basically)

Tim

Interested in exploring ways to build on & improve the HCD process - & share & receive some empathy & stories along the way!

Melissa

to practice what we started learning about last week. I also would like to explore using this method as part of an intervention I am designing for use in a higher education setting (in 16/17)

Mercedes

want to sharpen my empathy skills and establish better human connection with my fellow kindred spirit mates. I want to optimize the tools and skills that could help build more empathy and visionary leadership in the world and find ways to bridge this knowledge with other creative and art ideas and principles for a better world. To understand an experience design thinking and human centered design in action.

team-8/2015-09-10

Edwin

I want to create tools for fostering more empathy in the world. I’d like to make connections with people who value empathy and build a movement. Would like to practice the active listening and empathy circle process.

Jacob Ninan

Understand how to “ listen “ more in the Design process . Learn some new tools, practice them and then improve.

Sherry

Learn the process for HCD and how to use empathy in that process.

Sophie

I want to learn the methodology of HCD as a new way of thinking and use this tool to solve problems, e.g. improve empathy of myself and people around me

John

I am interested to understand more about empathy, practise and improve on it thru’ human-centered design.

Andreas

I am interested in moving on in the process of HCD, see how the empathy circle has developed since the last meeting and learn a little bit more about the other team members, especially Sherry.

team-7/2015-09-16

Edwin

• I want to create tools for fostering more empathy in the world.

• I’d like to make connections with people who value empathy and build a movement.

• For this meeting I would like to support Tim in helping articulate the team's goals.

Tim

• To learn more about empathic listening -

• to help identify ways to help Edwin

• - identify goals & improve HCD process...

Sophie

I want to learn the HCD approach and also see how it can be applied to foster empathy

LULU

I would firstly like to get to a common vocabulary regarding what empathy is, what HCD is and how we could make it work better, especially in favor of empathy-based relationships development

workshops/2015-09-19

Edwin

I want to create tools for fostering more empathy in the world. I’d like to make connections with people who value empathy and build a movement.

Sonja

I want to develop a deeper understanding of the role empathy plays in design workshops. I want to strengthen my empathic listening and empathic design skills.

Kendra

I want to create tools structured by empathic design that ultimately reduce the equity in our world, particularly in the United States and particularly as it relates to racism and gender-based violence.

Herbert Haberl

With empathy, good ideas and effective methods I want to encourage people and organizations to use their influence, their knowledge, their creativity, their courage and skills to find ways to promote themselves and the community.