Scholars, consultants, teachers, and researchers Monica Worline and Jane Dutton are co-authors of the Awakening Compassion at Work (Berrett-Koehler, February 2017). Monica and Jane are co-founders of the CompassionLab, the world’s leading collaboratory for research on compassion and work organizations. 

Working together for more than fifteen years, Monica and Jane offer key insights regarding the value of compassion for addressing pain people bring into the workplace and pain that is created in the conduct of daily work. Monica and Jane teach and consult with leaders, managers, students, and change agents in a variety of organizations who are striving to awaken compassion in their work lives. 

In this Part 1 of a 2-part podcast, Lori Schwanbeck of Benevolently, interviews, Jane Dutton and Monica Worline about their work and thoughts on compassion in the workplace.