Resetting society’s compassion agenda

The world’s collective conscience is demanding a giant reset of the compassion agendas of our top private and public institutions. A generative compassion approach looks at the bigger picture and aggressively asks the question: what more needs to be done to prevent more harm from occurring?
A generative compassion approach by the federal government would require that every department, agency, and commission undergo a strategic review of its compassion agenda, and develop a set of compassion policies suited to the needs of stakeholders, writes Kathleen Finlay.

The world needs a massive campaign to reimagine and redeploy the power of compassion. Our most vulnerable deserve it. Our overheated planet cries out for it.  And all of us will benefit from it.

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