During his visit in Ukraine, Dr. Dimitriadis, Director of Development at the Executive Development Institute (EDI) of the International Faculty, delivered a very interesting seminar to students of Institute of Philology of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.
Entitled "The Empathy Revolution: Connect with People and succeed personally and professionally", the seminar addressed the topic of empathy. Dr Nikolaos Dimitriadis discussed the empathy deficit, species evolution and neuroscience in order to prove that deep connectivity is what makes us human. The speaker underpinned that humans need to cultivate empathy as is the key to better personal and professional life.
Students found this presentation particularly interesting and generated a discussion with Dr Dimitriadis at the end of the presentation.