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IDGs Employee Well-being Workshop II: Is Miscommunication Inevitable? A Neuroscience Approach to Compassionate Communication

When

2025.11.18

Where

National Sun Yat-sen University · Kaohsiung · Taiwan

Format

In person · workshop

Language

English

Organiser

IDG Kaohsiung SDGs Hub · a hub on idg.earth

Hosted at

Aerosol Science Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University (國立中山大學氣膠科學研究中心)

Part of

IDG@Taiwan event series (Aerosol Science Research Center, NSYSU)

Designed and led by Dr. Chin-Ling Chu, Visiting Assistant Professor at the Aerosol Science Research Center, this workshop applied the Brain Region Dominance Model to help faculty and staff reinterpret communication challenges in the workplace. Participants were guided to understand that interactions often perceived as "difficult" or "uncooperative" may arise not from personal intent, but from differences in cognitive processing shaped by role-based demands—such as logic-driven tasks versus relationship-oriented responsibilities. By introducing this neuroscience-informed perspective, the workshop aimed to reduce interpersonal misunderstandings, foster greater empathy, and promote more constru