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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...


