Founder and CEO, Karen Faith is an ethnographer, strategist, and creator of the Others curriculum.

Karen brings humor and heart to audiences everywhere with a unique style that inspires and educates listeners with stories and studies on being human in a very strange time.

Karen Faith is the CEO of Others Unlimited, an empathy training company founded in 2021 because, as she sees it, “all problems are people problems.”

Previously an ethnographer, her work has shaped initiatives at Google, Amazon, Indeed, Intuit, Applebee’s, Blue Cross, The Federal Reserve Bank, The NBA, The ACLU, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, to name only the cool ones. She’s an empathy trainer named Karen, and the joke isn’t lost on her. Which is how she’s owned mics across 5 continents, and in August of 2022, gave a TEDx talk that has since racked up nearly 2M views.

Karen speaking at TEDxKC, August 2022 – “The Unconditional Welcome”

As a speaker, she has shared her approach with executives, innovators, creatives, and communities all over the world:

  • Framestore Effect
    Empathy and Efficacy (Chicago, IL) 2019

  • Chapman University
    Designing for Emotion (Orange, CA) 2018

  • SXSW Interactive
    Counterintuitive creativity workshop (Austin, TX) 2018

  • The Happiness Group
    High Performance Interaction (Munich, Germany) 2018

  • AAF SPARK KC
    Unusual jobs and how to get them (Kansas City, MO) 2017

  • Gas Can AAF-KC Creative Conference
    Emotional experience design (Kansas City, MO) 2017

  • AAF-KC Bulletproof: Everyone Has A Story
    Consciousness-shifting (Kansas City, MO) 2017

  • Barkley Creative Breakfast
    Story scouting (Kansas City, MO) 2015

  • Glass Ceiling
    Women working in STEM (Chicago, IL) 2015

  • Googleplex
    Working with Creative Teams (MountainView, CA) 2014

  • Google Small Business Community Hangout on Air
    Branding (MountainView, CA) 2014

  • National University of Singapore School of Design
    Design Research Methods (Singapore, Singapore) 2013

  • The New Now
    Presence in the Digital Era (Chicago, IL) 2013

  • Performance Studies international
    Ethnographic Artist Research (London, UK) 2006

  • Contemporary Artist Center
    Audience Specificity and Experiential Communication (North Adams, MA) 2005

Coach Cami and Karen Faith discuss internal and external empathy practice.

Empathy is not just for softies, with Purposeful Empathy author Anita Nowak.

Karen Faith and Mike LaVista talk value of practicing empathy in business.

A series for those working in substance misuse prevention, hosted by Anthony President.

A talk on empathy & ADHD w/ neurodiversity experts Lindsay Binette & Lauren Ascher.

Dog trainer, Grisha Stewart hosts Karen for a show on the power of radically brave love.

Beth Piazza-Bonin & Desiree Keen ask Karen about healing, humor, and spirituality. CW

THIS IS THE ONE: a big talk on ethics, morality, forgiveness, and more w/ Joe Reichert. CW

Boxer Tiffanee Cook hosts Karen Faith for an episode on growing through trauma. CW

Karen talks about empathy with host Jellis Vaes on the Inner Path Seekers podcast.

Ethnographer Peter Spear interviews Karen about her practice of love and power.

Mira Kaddoura hosts Karen on Into Healing, a podcast on the paths to wholeness.

A dicussion with Ezequiel Williams about business, beauty, and connection.

Karen shares the hilarious story of her spiritual discovery live at The Artichoke Show.

A talk about empathy with host Daniel Cianci on Redefining Wisdom.

  • “Within 48 hours, it changed the dynamic of our entire team. A complete 180.”

    -Others trainee

  • “It was a set and setting that allowed me to take off a lifetime of armor. It felt otherworldly to do that at work.”

    -Others trainee

  • “I've applied it heavily to how I talk with my partner and my work colleagues. It is the skill set I needed to address more difficult topics.”

    -Others trainee

  • “It's helped me express myself honestly and effectively, while also being incredibly mindful of the person I'm talking to.”

    -Others trainee

  • “Since doing the training, I’m definitely very mindful of climate/weather, listening skills, and better question asking.”

    -Others trainee

  • “I've felt a lot more comfortable being honest. I feel like I have the tools now, and the trust of my other team members.”

    -Others trainee

  • “The training has given me better language to communicate inside and outside of my team.”

    -Others trainee

  • “This is an incredible training program that dramatically improves team morale, empathy, closeness and connection. A program that is designed to improve communication from every direction.”

    -Others trainee

  • “Insightful and grounding”

    -Others trainee

  • “Strong skills that allow me to communicate better both in and out of work. It's a feel-good hour where I get to enjoy a break from work, and dedicate time that's teaching me how to be a better person overall.”

    -Others trainee

  • “I sit through a lot of speakers and workshops, and yours was excellent. You're teaching the stuff that really matters.”

    -Others trainee

  • “All of these trainings have been incredible. I feel so much closer to my team on a personal level. I feel we trust each other more.”

    -Others trainee

  • “I think we have learned SO much incredibly good practical information, and the practice sessions bring it all to life and make it real.”

    -Others trainee

  • “It’s a set of tools for communicating with colleagues, and the exercises and conversations we have in this training can be translated to bigger situations outside of it.”

    -Others trainee

  • “I’m trying to live by The Agreement every day. I used the Four Twists to work through a disagreement in my personal life and got to a resolution much faster than I would have without it.”

    -Others trainee

  • “The empathy training makes us better collaborators, and, because empathy is at the core of marketing, it makes us stronger marketers as well.”

    -Others trainee

  • “A practice in learning how to better understand yourself and those around you.”

    -Others trainee

  • “It's a dedicated time for our team to grow in getting to know each other, grow together, hold space for one another, and connect.”

    -Others trainee

  • “We're able to know each other on a deeper level, and grow together in learning new skills.”

    -Others trainee

  • “I have used the question asking techniques to find the root of a certain viewpoint. It's made me more empathetic with my team, and helped me see various sides.”

    -Others trainee

  • “So exciting; radical while being accessible and practical.”

    -Others trainee

  • “Feedback from the group was effing great. That's a rarity and a gift.”

    -Others trainee

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