Who REALLY helps you? | Rachel Ruttan | TEDxUofT

Does shared experience breed empathy? In her research, professor Rachel Ruttan reveals that despite intuition suggesting that it does, it is not the case and leaders are often less compassionate to those going through similar circumstances. This talk will further highlight how recognizing those who have helped us along the way can reignite compassion Rachel Ruttan holds a PhD in Management and Organizations from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Her research interests include compassion and prosocial behavior, values, and moral judgment. Specifically, she studies lapses in interpersonal compassion, as well as the potential pitfalls of organizations' attempts to appeal to morals and values, showing when and how "doing well by doing good" can backfire. Her research has been published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Her work has been profiled in The New York Times, NPR, and The Harvard Business Review. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx