This series of posts on The Ecology of Judgment has been weaving two related strands to argue that reasoning and empathy are essential partners in nonprofit decision-making. This post extends on that argument by focussing on how empathy interacts with and balances the use of the 21 valid reasoning styles that comprise your full Reasoning… Continue reading Governance OF and WITH Empathy
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Factors shaping Reasoning Style Selection and Orchestration
Earlier posts in this Ecology of Judgment series have argued that good judgment depends not only on having access to valid reasoning styles, but also on the conditions that enable them and the human capacities that keep them disciplined. The post on ‘Enabling and Supporting Reasoning‘ examined the practical scaffolds, and the enabling capacities and… Continue reading Factors shaping Reasoning Style Selection and Orchestration
Calibrating Relationship, Judgment, and Action with Lucid Empathy
Lucid Empathy was defined in my post Empathy at the Core as “an integrative form of empathy that balances emotion, cognition, ethics, boundaries, and perspective in order to act with clarity under pressure”. The balancing capacity referred to here has several expressions. The reference to calibration in the title of this post invites us to… Continue reading Calibrating Relationship, Judgment, and Action with Lucid Empathy
Empathy at the Core
Lucid EmpathyIn my previous post, Your Reasoning Repertoire, I described Lucid Empathy as an essential balancing capacity whenever deliberation has human consequences. It appeared at the centre of the ring of 21 valid reasoning styles because it performs a distinctive role: it helps boards and leaders reason with people in view. This post expands on… Continue reading Empathy at the Core