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	{{a\|~~devil~~\|{{image\|khaleesi\|jpg\|}} }}To paraphrase Rasmus Hougaard,<ref>''[https://www.forbes.com/sites/rasmushougaard/2020/07/08/four-reasons-why-compassion-is-better-for-humanity-than-empathy/?sh=51543a0bd6f9 Four Reasons Why Compassion Is Better For Humanity Than Empathy]'', Forbes, </ref> to [[empathy\|empathise]] is to ''join in'' with someone else’s suffering without necessarily doing anything to ''help''. To be [[compassion]]ate is to ''recognise'' suffering, but step back from it and ask “how can I help?”		{{a\|mgmt\|{{image\|khaleesi\|jpg\|}} }}To paraphrase Rasmus Hougaard,<ref>''[https://www.forbes.com/sites/rasmushougaard/2020/07/08/four-reasons-why-compassion-is-better-for-humanity-than-empathy/?sh=51543a0bd6f9 Four Reasons Why Compassion Is Better For Humanity Than Empathy]'', Forbes, </ref> to [[empathy\|empathise]] is to ''join in'' with someone else’s suffering without necessarily doing anything to ''help''. To be [[compassion]]ate is to ''recognise'' suffering, but step back from it and ask “how can I help?”

	We are not sure that “compassion” is quite as good an organising principle for leadership as “''dis''passion” but, as Hougaard frames it, it certainly works better than “empathy”.		We are not sure that “compassion” is quite as good an organising principle for leadership as “''dis''passion” but, as Hougaard frames it, it certainly works better than “empathy”.