Empathy in Tech

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 such as GoDaddy and Ticketmaster. She aims to use technology to improve people's lives across socioeconomic circumstances and cultures. LINKS * Pianpian’s LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/pianpiancarolynxu/] * Amotions [https://www.amotionsinc.com/] * The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41881472-the-psychology-of-money] * SPIN Selling by Neil Rackham [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/833015.SPIN_Selling] HOSTS * Andrea Goulet LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreamgoulet] | andreagoulet.com [https://andreagoulet.com/] * Ray Myers LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cadrlife] | Craft vs Cruft on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@craftvscruft8060] ABOUT EMPATHY IN TECH Empathy in Tech is a fiscally sponsored project of Superbloom Design, a US 501c3 nonprofit. Together, we are on a mission to accelerate the responsible adoption of empathy in  the tech industry by: * Closing the empathy skills gap by treating empathy as a technical skill. * Teaching technical empathy through accessible, affordable, actionable training. * Building community and breaking down harmful stereotypes and tropes. * Promoting technical empathy for ethics, equity, and social justice.

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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS8W6NY6QjQ]: "Betrayal Moment" at Elimination Chamber * Video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExQYm6gintE]: John Cena's first heel promo speech at WWE RAW * Wikipedia glossary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms]of pro wrestling terms * Empathy In Tech Episode: Who is the Business? [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-the-business/id1750947457?i=1000668373533] * Radiolab episode: Montreal Screwjob [https://radiolab.org/podcast/montreal-screwjob] HOSTS * Andrea Goulet LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreamgoulet] | andreagoulet.com [https://andreagoulet.com/] * Ray Myers LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cadrlife] | Craft vs Cruft on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@craftvscruft8060] ABOUT EMPATHY IN TECH Empathy in Tech is a fiscally sponsored project of Superbloom Design, a US 501c3 nonprofit. Together, we are on a mission to accelerate the responsible adoption of empathy in the tech industry by: * Closing the empathy skills gap by treating empathy as a technical skill. * Teaching technical empathy through accessible, affordable, actionable training. * Building community and breaking down harmful stereotypes and tropes. * Promoting technical empathy for ethics, equity, and social justice. Learn more at empathyintech.com [https://empathyintech.com/]

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 and outcomes through empathetic practices. Her research contributions have been published in leading software engineering journals, including ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), Information and Software Technology (IST), and the Journal of Systems and Software (JSS). Sponsored by CodeCrafters - discount link [https://app.codecrafters.io/join?via=empathyintech] LINKS * Hashini’s LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hashinigunatilake/] * Hashini’s website [https://hashinig.com/] * Paper:  Enablers and barriers of empathy in software developer and user interactions: a mixed methods case study [https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3641849] * HumaniSE Lab - Monash University [https://www.monash.edu/it/humanise-lab] HOSTS * Andrea Goulet LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreamgoulet] | andreagoulet.com [https://andreagoulet.com/] * Ray Myers LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cadrlife] | Craft vs Cruft on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@craftvscruft8060] ABOUT EMPATHY IN TECH Empathy in Tech is a non-profit project of Superbloom Design [https://superbloom.design/]. Together, we’re on a mission to accelerate the responsible adoption of empathy in the tech industry by: * Closing the empathy skills gap by treating empathy as a technical skill. * Teaching technical empathy through accessible, affordable, actionable training. * Building community and breaking down harmful stereotypes and tropes. * Promoting technical empathy for ethics, equity, and social justice. Learn more at empathyintech.com [https://empathyintech.com/]

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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-order_logic] * Euclid's Proof that √2 is Irrational [https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/euclid-square-root-2-irrational.html] * Types of Reasoning [https://www.communicationtheory.org/types-of-reasoning-advantages-disadvantages-and-examples] * Legacy Code Rocks [https://legacycode.rocks/] community and podcast * Episode: Are GUIs Anti-social?! [https://www.empathyintech.com/are-guis-anti-social/] * Episode: They Called Me a Turnip! With Jeremy Adamson [https://www.empathyintech.com/they-called-me-a-turnip-with-jeremy-adamson/] * Video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuc3FQ3uAN8] by Ray on First-order Logic using Z3 prover HOSTS * Andrea Goulet LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreamgoulet] | andreagoulet.com [https://andreagoulet.com/] * Ray Myers LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cadrlife] | Craft vs Cruft on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@craftvscruft8060] ABOUT EMPATHY IN TECH Empathy in Tech is on a mission to accelerate the responsible adoption of empathy in the tech industry by: * Closing the empathy skills gap by treating empathy as a technical skill. * Teaching technical empathy through accessible, affordable, actionable training. * Building community and breaking down harmful stereotypes and tropes. * Promoting technical empathy for ethics, equity, and social justice. Learn more at empathyintech.com [https://empathyintech.com/]

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 Corporation, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Squarespace and teaches product management and innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University. Christian is passionate about creating practical tech solutions for Africa's social and economic issues, such as unemployment, poverty, healthcare, insecurity, and financial exclusion. He has founded several companies in Africa and is the Chairman of Innovate Africa Foundation, a non-profit organization that enables tech innovation for social good in Africa. Through these initiatives, he aims to empower and inspire the next generation of African tech leaders and entrepreneurs. Sponsored by CodeCrafters - discount link [https://app.codecrafters.io/join?via=empathyintech] LINKS * Product Therapy Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/product-therapy/id1738373011] * Christian’s LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cidiodi/] * How To Win Friends and Influence People [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People] by Dale Carnegie * Innovate Africa Foundation [https://www.innovateafricafoundation.org/] * Silicon Valley Product Group [https://www.svpg.com/] HOSTS * Andrea Goulet LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreamgoulet] | andreagoulet.com [https://andreagoulet.com/] * Ray Myers LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cadrlife] | Craft vs Cruft on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@craftvscruft8060] ABOUT EMPATHY IN TECH Empathy in Tech is on a mission to accelerate the responsible adoption of empathy in the tech industry by: * Closing the empathy skills gap by treating empathy as a technical skill. * Teaching technical empathy through accessible, affordable, actionable training. * Building community and breaking down harmful stereotypes and tropes. * Promoting technical empathy for ethics, equity, and social justice. Learn more at empathyintech.com [https://empathyintech.com/]