On a trip to the north of India, I had a guide who told our group reincarnation stories. He said it explained why children know things they’ve never been instructed or behave in ways that eerily echo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about talent, technology, and the future of work. Organizations spend extraordinary amounts of money on leadership ...

Understanding other people through nonverbal gestures can be difficult at first, but once you know what to look for, it can be easy to distinguish whether someone enjoys your company or not. Noticing ...

Emma Otterski received funding from The Scottish Government to complete her PhD, from which the ideas in this article are drawn. The 2024 election has seen party leaders strain to present themselves ...

Peter Ross is the CEO and cofounder of Senior Helpers, a leading national non-medical in-home senior care franchise. Empathy is often misunderstood in business. It's too easily dismissed as a “soft ...

In an interview this year with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk quipped that “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.” He seemed to blame it, in part, for the decline of America’s cultural ...