Beyond the Empathy Map
Jason Beaird
Theresa Wiseman's 4 Attributes of E
mpathy
EMPATHY VS. SYMPATHY
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Perspective
Ta k i n g
Being Non-
Judgemental
Recognizing
Feelings
Communicating
Emotion
To be able to see the world
as others see it. This
requires putting our
assumptions aside to see
the situation through the
eyes of the other person
.
Judging another person's
situation discounts the
experience and is an
attempt to protect
ourselves from the pain of
the situation
Just like the empathy map,
we have to listen to not
just our users’ words, but
their emotion, the context,
the scenario, to
understand their feelings.
Empathy isn’t just
something we observe, it’s
a conversation. We have to
repeat back what we
thought we observed to
validate our assumptions.