During the course of Susie Hills’ research into kindness, particularly in a leadership context, she has found these resources a particular source of inspiration. Here we list the books, articles, websites and TED Talks that have infomred Susie’s thinking along the way.
Books
Matt Dean, “The Soft Stuff: Reclaiming kindness for the world of work”
Thupen Jinpa, “A Fearless Heart: Why Compassion is the Key to Greater Wellbeing”
Amy Edmondson, “The Fearless Organisation: Creating Psychological Safety in the workplace”
Stefan Klein, “The Survival of the nicest: How altruism made us human and why it pays to get along”
David R Hamilton, “The Five Side Effects of Kindness”
Kim Scott, “Radical Candor”
Gill Hasson: “Kindness: Change your life and make the world a kinder place”
Jamil Zaki: “The War for Kindness, Building empathy in a fractured world”
Haskins, Thomas and Johri: “Kindness in Leadership”
Rhonda Sciortino, “The Kindness Quotient”
Lizzie Velasquez, “Dare to be kind”
Articles
https://www.harvardbusiness.org/kindness-counts-in-leadership/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/pieces-mind/201712/the-importance-kindness
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-heart-and-science-of-kindness-2019041816447
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/01/the-cult-of-being-kind
Websites
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/kindness/kindness-on-campus
https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-quotes
https://kindness.womenofthefuture.co.uk
TED Talks