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There was a period in my 20s, where it was as if “Human-Centered Design” was my family name. In other words, “Human-Centered Design” was a significant part of my identity. So much so that I felt an implicit sense of responsibility on my shoulders. To…

Forty Two

On Sunday, I turned 41. I’ve been told that in “Korean age” I’m 42. There’s something interesting about reflecting on what happened in the past after I have had a 10+year distance from it. In my 20s, I listened to a lot of computer scientists’…

Forty One

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I thought I was empathizing. I wasn’t.

The Irony of Care

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There are no perfect leaders, only real ones.

The Resentment Threshold

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It took me about twenty five years before I started to perceive my mother as a human being.

Going Beyond Leader-Shaming

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All of the CEOs I coach are also practitioners of a craft.

The Perils of Hyper-Empathizing

One of the most clear patterns I see when coaching CEOs is this.

The Cost of Withholding Gratitude

There was a time in my life, when I had a hyper-focus on user-centricity.

A Blindspot of User-Centricity

Some people seem to think that if we can merely understand someone we can empathize with them. This is not true. In Korean, we often say “이해는 되는데 납득은 안돼.” Literally translated, this means I can understand, but I cannot let the understanding in. Figurately…

Embodying and Understanding

When we empathize, we feel as if we are connected or at one. To capture this subjective quality of the event, the traditional model of a static self in relation to an other is inadequate. A more useful model will be one that accommodates a dynamic…

Subjective Model of Self and Other

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