Nethra Samarawickrema is a career and executive coach who helps people align their work with their values. She supports her clients in making career transitions and writing their own scripts to actualize lives that express who they are. Her work is grounded in empathy and she coaches entrepreneurs, engineers, academics, writers, artists, and startup co-founders to listen to their needs and actualize their full potential. She also works with organizations, combining insights from Anthropology, Design Thinking, and Nonviolent Communication to train teams in transforming their communication to enhance their collaboration. She has a PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University and has taught at the Stanford d.School.

References:

• Upcoming Event: Empathy at Work: Transforming Workplace Communication, Tuesday, September 10
• Work with Nethra: workwithnethra.com
• Nethra's LinkedIn
• Set Boundaries Find Peace by Nedra Tawwab

ABOUT EMPATHY IN TECH

Empathy in Tech’s mission is to accelerate the responsible adoption of empathy in the tech industry to help humanity solve our most pressing and complex problems. We do this by focusing on three key areas:

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