Developing A Compassionate Culture

Today, it often takes a prominent and influential individual or group of people to make changes in our lifestyles in the work place and at home.

Just read an article in Fast Company, a magazine I read almost from cover to cover along with many others in the days when magazine subscriptions were part of my worldly capabilities to purchase and pursue. 

Online ability to read, to listen, to view, has been important to my well being as it keeps open access to information now and especially when we were unable to spend an additional dollar let alone the cost of a magazine or even the gas that would be used to get to a library.

It references Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of Facebook and includes her loss of her husband suddenly on vacation in Mexico in 2015 at the age of 47. 

Shock and awe. I understand. When death is the last thing you expect or believe will happen, you are set spinning or as I've stated in several previous entries in this blog, feeling like you're moving in "jello" every minute of each day.

Yes, you adjust -- in time. You continue to move forward. 

What you learn is what it means when you "directly" have an experience just isn't the same as hearing about a friend's unfortunate loss or an unrelated extended family member.

It's like watching anything happen, hearing about it as compared to having it happen directly to you; there is a distinct and more impactful experience.

Here's the web connection


Facebook, let's hope, is leading the way in creating work environments understanding we are not just "company" focused and they are far the better for our being human as we bring feeling, emotion and with it respect and consideration for what we do and how we do it.

Now, Ms. Sandberg, please take a deep look at other "policies" within your organization and view them from a more "personal" angle. Your employees are great assets when treated humanely.

All of you who live without truly thinking about the "human" side of life, the reality of the full scope and depth of being human, stop....look....listen. 

Develop a More Compassionate Culture.