Empathic System: What is Possible?
Trainer: Elizabeth Morrison, PhD
Empathy, or lack of, is communicated through the environment as well as in interpersonal
interactions. Signage, art and other wall postings are an especially powerful way to show care
and respect for those who are in the environment. Unfortunately, these visual indicators are also
a powerful way to convey the opposite of empathy when they are not carefully considered.
Handout 1 – Empathic Environments Art, Signage and other Wall Postings
Handout 2 – Environmental Empathy Assessment 2023
| As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to: |
| 1. Identify at least 3 strategies to enhance environmental empathy. |
| 2. Understand and be able to articulate the connection between empathic environments and equity. |
| 3. Identify at least 2 strategies to enhance an empathic workplace for employees. |
