On this episode, Portia, Tashana and Ingrid spoke with Chris Boldon, Director or Workforce Data Management in the Office of Human Resources at the University of Minnesota. Chris reached out after listening to our episode on destructive leadership behaviors, offering to provide some information about HR's role in supporting employees dealing with harmful workplace dynamics. And, as luck would have it, Chris is also a researcher on empathy, a topic we've been interested in exploring because of how frequently it is referenced as foundational to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. We talked about what empathy actually is, the difference between empathy and compassion, why both are important, and how empathy can be learned.