Melissa Mills

Intention:

Increase the practice of empathy in the world as a quintessential human activity that leads to personal fulfillment and global thriving.

Kelsey interviews Melissa

What was your experience of the Empathy Circle?

Fabulous, so excited to meet everyone, liked practicing.

a cool circle.,

I need that kind of practice.

Like practicing things that are good… I felt like it was a no-brainer why we were doing it… I came here wanting models, of how to elicit empathy, train groups of people to zero in, be able

simplicity, step by step processes… making each step simple and easy…

are stepping stones…

people can learn to

getting in touch in a connected way…

in Ideo exercises, they say do this, do this, do this… then reflect on it afterward…

feeling very onboard…

I’m totally an onboard person here.

What did you mean by the IDEO piece?

this is what we are doing now. design something. it’s

We designed, then talked about it.

just do it and something happens and it works well for her.

this is how

were given experience without being told what to expect,

then when we do it, something happens.

that’s how human beings learn...

Kelsey Interview Melissa

Insight: Really appreciated the learning by doing. Believes this is how humans learn.

An opening that happens from meeting and sharing ideas

Feeling

    • Better for having practiced

Needs

    • learning?

    • growth?

    • connection?

    • Sharing?

    • I could not glean any related needs- likes the simplicity of the list of steps (and Kelsey note: Maybe this is is a needed learning tool for effective learning in general?)

How might we inventory the different ways into different people’s hearts?.... and then, make offerings that fit each of them? …

    • List the things that people seem to be passionate about

    • Connect their passions to their self awareness and their values

    • Partner with schools to begin training young people

  • Popularize the idea that self reflection is important

I Like... I like meeting more people in the global community who are thinking and working actively to develop our natural skills.

I Wish... I wish that we can continue our conversations and share our strategies as we go forward.

What if...What if the technology network were ancillary to locally-based efforts and circle?