{"id":47575,"date":"2025-09-15T02:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T02:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-businesses-are-using-short-stories-and-discussion-to-build-empathy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T02:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T02:18:14","slug":"how-businesses-are-using-short-stories-and-discussion-to-build-empathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-businesses-are-using-short-stories-and-discussion-to-build-empathy\/","title":{"rendered":"How businesses are using short stories and discussion to build empathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>When Chris Ferrari and Shridhar Shah, executives at first responder equipment supplier MES Life Safety, first heard about a new <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">book<\/a><\/span> club-style program at work, they were a bit skeptical.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought, &#8216;What are we doing? 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