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Andrea Goulet
@andrea-goulet.bsky.social
empathy-driven organizational change • ceo, lovelace communications • founder, empathy in tech • watercolor, knitting, & crochet 📝 💟 🧶
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Let’s talk about what empathy is. It’s not a psychic ability. It’s a functional system with four components:

1) regulation
2) emotion
3) cognition
4) motivation

Humans evolved empathy as a mechanism to efficiently communicate, collaborate, and solve complex problems for species survival.
The hubs and I are rewatching Star Trek: Voyager. Some observations:

1. I used to think Janeway was pandering to a masculine leadership trope. Not anymore. She’s one of the best examples of compassionate leadership I’ve seen on screen.
January 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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We just opened the CFP for MenderCon 2025!

This is a virtual unconference focusing on legacy code. We have a track with a few talks, along with the open-space sessions.

And this year, we decided to go with a CFP!

Wanna present something? There you go: www.papercall.io/mendercon-2025
PaperCall.io - MenderCon 2025
# Focused Content A full day focused on modernizing and improving software systems. From the smallest apps to the biggest enterprise monoliths. Find your people and learn here. # Virtual Unconference...
www.papercall.io
January 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTT because I am about to be very not normal about these new JWST images!!!

These are light echos from a supernova, they look insanely cool, and I’m about to explain the science of why 🔭🧪🧵 (1/n)

📸 (for full thread): NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jacob Jencson
January 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Crocheting and knitting help me feel a sense of control when the world feels chaotic. Here’s my first of what I’m sure will be many projects this year.
January 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My 12yo got a D&D essentials kit and I’ve been appointed DM for our family. But I’ve never played the game! Any advice?
December 27, 2024 at 12:17 AM
“How about each Christmas, we give each other the gift of not having to give each other gifts.” 🎁🎄

For 20 years, my parents, brother and I have exchanged this non-conventional gift, and each year I become more and more grateful for it.
December 16, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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Delightful catch-up and chat with @andrea-goulet.bsky.social about applying organizational empathy...

...and the implications and usage within broader social systems of cooperation.
December 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
For 15 years, I’ve focused on empathy-driven software development.

Now, I’m focused on empathy-driven organizations.

Part of me feels like I’m coming home. I started my career in business and strategic comms.

The other part of me is grieving. I deeply miss interacting with devs everyday.
December 10, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Looks like there’s not much chatter going on about #empathy in this space. I intend to change that.
December 7, 2024 at 1:01 AM
I remember 2006 Twitter, which gives me high hopes and low expectations for my interactions here.

What’s your experience been on Bluesky?
December 6, 2024 at 10:51 PM