Lectures on Tap - Compassion: On Equilibrium, Hierarchies and Leadership

Welcome to Lectures on Tap

Join us for an engaging evening where professors, experts, and storytellers bring their thought-provoking lectures to your favorite bar in Berkeley!

Hosted by the Lectures on Tap team.

🗓️ Date: October 16th, 2025

🕡 Time: 6:30 PM

📍 Location: Berkeley California (exact address given in confirmation email)

📚 Lecture: “Compassion: On Equilibrium, Hierarchies and Leadership”

🎤 Speaker: Daniel E. Martin, Ph.D.

How can we maintain personal balance while fostering compassion in increasingly complex and demanding environments? Join us for an honest and fun discussion about an often-neglected superpower—compassion.

Dr. Daniel E. Martin will explore the science behind compassion and guide participants in sustaining emotional resilience, managing systemic pressures, and nurturing human-centered practices amidst uncertainty and change. We will delve into compassionate leadership and its significant impact on psychological and physical health, as well as employee engagement and retention.

Dr. Martin is an Associate Professor of Management at California State University, East Bay, and the Director of Compassion Education at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University. With extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, he brings a wealth of knowledge on compassion and its effects on workplace dynamics.

Don’t miss this opportunity to unlock the power of compassion in your personal and professional life!

Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌

Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.