This document discusses themes of empathy, insight, stewardship, and finding purpose. It includes quotes from interviews where people express feeling lost and like they lack direction in life. They discuss struggling to balance education costs and saving for retirement. The document also discusses Mennonite views on generosity and giving, as well as quotes about creating cycles of giving between parents and children. Overall it explores gaining insight and perspective through empathy, reflection, and allowing an intuitive approach.

1. From Empathy
to Insight:a path.
Tom Bennett,
Experience Strategist
Connective DX

5. We grew up
rational.

6. Emotionsand
empathy were
a curiosity.

7. Research is
often
understood as
numbers and
surveys

8. Where is the
intuition?

9. Dave Gray – Liminal Thinking

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12. • Views of Indiana

14. Live
responsibly
Discover and
plan for
God’s purpose
Prepare for
the future
Give
generously

15. Stewardship
• Shareabundancewithothers
• Investinsocially responsibleways
• Manyhandsmakelightwork
• Communitygives powertolivedifferently

16. Stewardshipasks us to
do something far more
difficultthan giving our
money away.
It is a calling to share our
time and our abilities and
expand our relationships
through neighborliness.

17. Engage with
a varied, national
audience.

18. Interviews

19. Iterative
discovery

20. Sense
making

21. Some people feel lost.
When we were younger we thought we’d have our lives figured out.
Something is making it harder
I still don’t have the sense of being a true grownup. I don’t know what factors are in it.
Not meeting expectations.
I have other things to deal with. I feel like retirement is a long way away.
I don’t see a job on the horizon through education.

22. People feel lost.

23. “I stilldon’t have the
sense of being a true
grownup.I don’tknow
what factors are in it.”

24. “When we were younger
we thought we’d have
our lives figured out.
Something is making it
harder.”

25. “I knowI should
think aboutthe future.
I don’tknowthe right
questionsto ask.”

26. Considered [tuition loans] it
before the choice, and based on
the path I wanted, based on
future income, it was worth it t
make the investment.
Debt does feel overwhelming.
How can I save for retirement
when there is loan interest? It is
a hole to dig out of.
Life decisions
limit choices.

27. “How can I save for
retirement? I am
qualified, but I can’t
afford my dream.”

28. Plain-ness
drives a search
for beauty.

29. Mennonitestalk
about money the
way they talk about
sex: save it for
someone you love.

30. Kenlyn &Wilmer

31. “Once we have enough,
it’s time to give to others.”

32. “Generosity can go
beyond money.”

33. “Parents & children
create a cycle of giving.”

34. “How are you doing,Tom?”

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36. https://www.mennolink.org/doc/cof/art.21.html
As stewards of God's earth, we are calledto care for
the earth and to bring rest and renewal to the land
and everything that lives on it.
As stewards of money and possessions, we are to live
simply, practicemutual aid within the church,
uphold economic justice, and give generously and
cheerfully.
As persons dependent on God's providence, we are
not to be anxious about the necessitiesof life, but to
seek first the kingdom of God.
We cannot be true servants of God and let our lives
be ruled by desire for wealth.

37. Maria Dennis Glenn

38. Did I fall in head first?

39. Ask for insight.

40. Reflect &
be present.

41. Hold loosely
to your goals.

42. Allowan
intuitiveframe.

43. Be transformed.

44. Thanks