Upload
uxpa-international
View
2.053
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
EMPATHY:SCIENCE OF FEELING
UXPA 2015 | June 25, 2015
Bern Irizarry @bernirizarry [email protected]
Emma Chittenden @emchi [email protected]
Bernadette IrizarryCEO and Founder
VLVT / Velvet Hammer @bernirizarry
Emma ChittendenCEO
Oubliette @emchi
@bernirizarry, @emchi
Baron-Cohen, Simon. Zero Degrees of Empathy, 2011 TEDxHouses of Parliament - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXcU8x_xK18
@bernirizarry, @emchi
“Empathy occurs when we suspend our single-minded focus of attention and instead adopt a double-minded focus
of attention”
Source: Baron-Cohen, Simon. Zero Degrees of Empathy, 2011
@bernirizarry, @emchi
“Empathy is our ability to identify what someone else is thinking or feeling and to
respond to their thought and feelings with appropriate emotion.”
Source: Baron-Cohen, Simon. Zero Degrees of Empathy, 2011
@bernirizarry, @emchi
Source: Baron-Cohen, Simon. Zero Degrees of Empathy, 2011
AFFECTIVECOGNITIVE(Also called Emotional Empathy)
@bernirizarry, @emchi
THE EMPATHY CIRCUIT
Source: Baron-Cohen, Simon. Zero Degrees of Empathy, 2011, Illustration Produced by Mike Lombardo
@bernirizarry, @emchi
DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS
Mirroring Personal Distress
Empathetic Concern
CognitiveEmpathy
Self Empathy
Emotional Empathy
Source: Young, Indi. Practical Empathy, 2015
@bernirizarry, @emchi
• Online survey fielded to UX, Design, Engineering and Management teams
• 40 Empathy Quotient from Autism Research Center, original filler questions were not recreated here
• Set of question perception of importance of empathy in their work, team and company
• Currently building greater response set to allow for cross-tabs on team mix and methodologies
TEST DESIGN
@bernirizarry, @emchi
PHASE 1: Makers Online Survey (June 2015)• See where we are at as “makers” • Do profiles emerge? • What is our perception of empathy? • How and what are we practicing today? • What if any correlation exist to team mix?
PHASE 2: Longitudinal Study with Teams (September 2016)• Can we move the empathy needle for teams? • How do teams respond when incorporating empathetic mindset? • How is that reflected in their product
TEST DESIGN
1. I can easily tell if someone else wants to enter a conversation. 2. I find it difficult to explain to others things that I understand easily, when they don’tunderstand it the first time.
3. I really enjoy caring for other people. 4. I find it hard to know what to do in a social situation. 5. People often tell me that I went too far in driving my point home in a discussion.
6. It doesn’t bother me too much if I am late meeting a friend. 7. Friendships and relationships are just too difficult, so I tend not to bother with them. 8. I often find it difficult to judge if something is rude or polite. 9. In a conversation, I tend to focus on my own thoughts rather than on what my listener might be thinking. 10. When I was a child, I enjoyed cutting up worms to see what would happen.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
© 1998, 2015 Simon Baron Cohen, Sally Wainright
On average, most women score about 47 and most men about 42 on the Empathetic Quotient (EQ) Scale.
0–32 = Lower than Average 33–52 = Average 53–63 = Above Average 64–80 = High
EMPATHY QUOTIENT SCORING
© 1998, 2015 Simon Baron Cohen, Sally Wainright
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
• Currently building greater response set to allow for cross-tabs on team mix and methodologies.
• Recruit and plan for longitudinal studies regarding methodologies and team mix.
@bernirizarry, @emchi
GATHER UNDERSTAND LOOK FOR PATTERN BRAINSTORM & STRATEGY
DEVELOP APPLY
• Accepting and Listening• Neutral• Perspective Gathering
• Summarize• Spend Time Reviewing• Crystallize and write key ideas• Reactions, Guiding Principles • and Emotions
• InvestigateSimilarities/Differences
• Beliefs• Decision
• Sketching• Storytelling• Share
Support as they are not persuade
@bernirizarry, @emchi
AriAr
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING
EMPATHETIC LISTENING FEELS DIFFERENT
REVIEW FOR REACTIONS, EMOTIONS & GUIDING PRINCIPLES
DISENGAGE & BUILDPLATFORM FOR SUPPORT
PRACTICE AND ENGAGECONSISTENTLY
@bernirizarry, @emchi
AriAr
Remember:
•Be curious about everything •Be present •Strengthen quieting your mind (Meditation, Mindfulness) •Be supportive (Not a usability study) •Follow their lead (Leave the interview guide at home) •Tell me more about that? Why is that? Use as few words as possible while showing you are interested
NOT YOUR AVERAGE INTERVIEW
@bernirizarry, @emchi
“Both Akio Morita of Sony and Steve Jobs were famous for never commissioning market
research — instead, they’d just walk around the world watching what people did. They’d put themselves in the shoes of
their customers. https://hbr.org/2012/05/empathy-the-most-valuable-thing-they-t
@bernirizarry, @emchi
You are still the creators and makers - this is the place where sparks and seeds land
WELL DESIGNED BY JON KOLKO
@bernirizarry, @emchi
• Empathy is about support not persuasion
• It is a shared responsibility (Put the mantle down!)
• Practice
• Hire for curiosity
• Invent new tools!
THINGS TO REMEMBER