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Empathy in Tech
by Andrea Goulet
Empathy is transforming technology in surprising ways. Join hosts Andrea Goulet and Ray Myers as they discuss industry trends, cutting-edge research, practical skills, and ethical explorations around empathy in tech.
Episodes
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Empathy, Identity, and Collaboration with Zhou Fang
Zhou Fang is the founder of Intersectional Group - a leadership, people and culture practice with a focus on intersectionality, empathy, compassion, intentionality, as well as curiosity. Zhou is a passionate advocate for pay transparency and equity, mental wellbeing, immigration reform, and…
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Building Amotions AI w/ Pianpian Xu Guthrie
Pianpian Xu Guthrie is founder and CEO of Amotions AI, a startup that provides an emotionally intelligent real-time AI coach live in calls and AI role play for leaders and employees in areas like sales. Before founding Amotions AI, she led product management and growth at multiple tech companies...
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Empathy in Wrestling? John Cena Turns Heel
How do you turn a hero into a villain? Andrea and Ray dip into the world of professional wrestling to explore unconventional and surprisingly subtle uses of empathy in John Cena's recent storyline of becoming a "heel". LINKS Video: "Betrayal Moment" at Elimination Chamber Video: John Cena's first...
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Researching Empathy in Software Development
Hashini Gunatilake is a researcher exploring the role of empathy in developer-stakeholder interactions within software engineering. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Software Engineering at Monash University as part of the HumaniSE Lab to identify ways to improve software engineering processes...
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Empathy and Logic: Facing Fears
In this vulnerable impromptu session, Andrea examines the roots of discomfort she experiences trying to absorb mathematical jargon. Ray rethinks his approach, emphasizing that the true role of logic should be to bring us together rather than push us apart. LINKS First-order logic - Wikipedia...
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Empathy for Tech Innovation with Christian Idiodi
Christian Idiodi is a leader in the product industry and a Partner at Silicon Valley Product Group. For over 15 years, he has developed teams that build innovative, disruptive, and market-transforming technology products. He has worked with organizations such as CareerBuilder, Merrill…
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Making Software Habitable with Tudor Girba
Tudor Girba is the CEO of feenk, a company focused on modernizing legacy systems. They do that through Moldable Development, a way of programming through custom tools. They build Glamorous Toolkit, a free and open-source moldable development environment, to show how working through thousands of...
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Data Science That Listens with Indi Young
Today on the show, we have Indi Young, who is known for data science that listens. Indi is a problem-discovery researcher who makes tools that support inclusive and responsible solutions for a broader variety of thinking styles. She teaches courses online, writes books & essays, presents talks…
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Rewriting the Rules of Expertise with J. B. Rainsberger
In this episode of Empathy in Tech, Andrea and Ray sit down with J.B. Rainsberger, a software professional who transitioned from a purely technical focus to championing interpersonal skills in the tech world. J.B. shares his evolution from a programmer obsessed with "correct" solutions to a…
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Technoethics
What ethical responsibilities do we have as technologists? Andrea and Ray dive into the paper that introduced the term “technoethics” and grapple with applying the principles to today’s challenges. LINKS Paper: Towards a Technoethics, Mario Bunge, 1975 Ray leaves AI! Paper: “My code is sh*t”:...
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Hardcore Soft Skills with Yadi Caro
Yadi Caro, host of the Hardcore Soft Skills podcast joins us to discuss her experience cultivating high-performing teams and organizations, which she's developed through 15 years working with developers and engineers in the US Military. LINKS Hardcore Soft Skills podcast Yadi's LinkedIn Yadi's...
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Designing Brave New Organizations With Amy J Wilson
Amy J Wilson, founder of The Empathy Action Lab, shares her quest to build brave new organizations by centering worker voice and changing our relationship with change. LINKS Amy's website Amy's LinkedIn Amy's Book "Empathy For Change" "New Power" by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms "Power Over vs...
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They Called Me a Turnip! With Jeremy Adamson
Jeremy Adamson, author of Geeks With Empathy, shares his journey learning the value of human connection in workplace and how it shapes his approach to business strategy. LINKS Jeremy's website Geeks With Empathy book Jeremy's LinkedIn HOSTS Andrea Goulet LinkedIn | andreagoulet.com Ray Myers...
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AI Meets The Enterprise with John Willis
DevOps pioneer John Willis talks about his journey through decades of changes in the IT industry, the rise of Artificial Intelligence, and the people behind it. LINKS John's LinkedIn John's books Deming's 14 Points / video AI Model Collapse (Nature article) Goldratt's Theory of Constraints DevOps...
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Who is "The Business"?
What do we mean when we talk about what "The Business" wants? Aren't we part of the business? If not us then who? Andrea and Ray discuss the tension between roles, and the alienation experienced from both sides. LINKS Dr. Nick Morgan (communications coach) Paper: “A grounded theory of…
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Are GUIs Anti-Social?
Does accessibility put up it's own kind of wall? Andrea and Ray discuss how GUIs are arguably more AND less "social" than alternatives such as textual interfaces like scripting. LINKS CoRecursive Episode "Navigating Corporate Giants" - Jeffrey Snover and the Making of PowerShell PowerShell Bret...
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Empathy and Organizational Effectiveness with Belle Walker
Belle Walker is the owner of Belleview Consulting, which takes organizations from Friction to Function by developing human-centric organizational models that help clients across many industries recapture lost efficiency and engagement. Belle is an international bestselling author of the book...
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Building Inclusive Cultures with Minette Norman
Minette Norman is an award-winning author, speaker, and leadership consultant who previously spent decades leading global technical teams in the Silicon Valley software industry. Her most recent position before starting her consultancy was as Vice President of Engineering Practice at Autodesk....
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Star Trek and Empathy Stereotypes
Andrea and Ray explore perspectives of empathy in the pop psyche through the portrayals of characters Deanna Troi and Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation! LINKS Jamil Zaki on the Roddenberry Hypothesis SWE-Agent paper reading on Nopilot HOSTS Andrea Goulet LinkedIn | andreagoulet.com Ray Myers...
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Overcoming Isolation at Work with Nethra Samarawickrema
Nethra Samarawickrema is a career and executive coach who helps people align their work with their values. She supports her clients in making career transitions and writing their own scripts to actualize lives that express who they are. Her work is grounded in empathy and she coaches…
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AI Ethics with Madison Mohns
Madison Mohns is an AI product manager at Indeed.com who specializes in developing deep learning approaches to enhance metadata generation for candidate job matching in 19 global markets. A passionate advocate for AI ethics, she takes an optimistic yet conscientious approach to the use of AI...
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Why Empathy In Tech (Part 2) with Ray Myers
Meet Empathy In Tech cohost Ray Myers, who shares why he's excited to join the podcast. Ray Myers is a legacy code expert and skeptical enthusiast for AI. With 16 years in software engineering across multiple industries, he urges a focus on our collective lessons learned to improve our systems…
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Why Empathy In Tech with Andrea Goulet
Andrea and Ray dive into the “why” of the Empathy in Tech podcast. Why empathy? Why tech? Why us? Why now? Andrea shares the backstory of how the Empathy in Tech came to be, the mission of the Empathy in Tech organization, and why she’s passionate about leading a scientific revolution. LINKS…
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Empathy is transforming technology in surprising ways. Join hosts Andrea Goulet and Ray Myers as they discuss industry trends, cutting-edge research, practical skills, and ethical explorations around empathy in tech.
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