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Is there a case for performative empathy?

June 02, 2026 Is there a case for performative empathy? BY Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Empathy has become one of the most appreciated and universal ingredients of work-related potential. Leadership books praise it. CEOs display it on LinkedIn. HR departments measure it, train it, benchmark it, and occasionally weaponize it. In the modern organization, empathy is no longer … Continue reading Is there a case for performative empathy?

Is your job ‘performative’? Why workers can’t quit the timeless art of looking busy

  By Shalene Gupta April 12, 2023 There’s work, and then there’s the performance of work—but how much time do employees spend on the latter? People analytics firm Visier surveyed 1,000 full-time employees to understand how much time people spend on “performative work”: work that isn’t necessary but is done to appear visible. Here’s what they found. … Continue reading Is your job ‘performative’? Why workers can’t quit the timeless art of looking busy