Belinda Parmar

Belinda Parmar OBE
Born (1974-03-12) 12 March 1974 (age 50)
Occupation(s)CEO and Campaigner
Websitetheempathybusiness.com

Belinda Parmar, OBE (born 12 March 1974), is a British entrepreneur, campaigner and corporate activist.

Parmar is the founder and CEO of "The Empathy Business", formerly known as "Lady Geek", a consultancy business that "embeds empathy into companies"[1][2] and has published an annual "Global Empathy Index" in the Harvard Business Review which claims a causal relationship between corporate empathy and commercial performance.[3] In 2018, Parmar stated “it may take a pandemic to end our relationship with junk tech.[4] She claimed that technology is having a negative impact on mental health and compared social media to fast food calling it “junk tech” that requires “no cognitive effort”, despite having previously been described as "the high priestess of tech empowerment".[4]

Parmar led the Little Miss Geek campaign, supported by forty MPs, which aimed to inspire women to follow careers oriented towards technology.[5][6]

  1. ^ Nelson, Christopher. "Empathy: Why It's Important To Cultivate At The Office". Forbes.
  2. ^ Newman, Stephanie (28 November 2017). "How to deliver bad news with dignity". Forbes.
  3. ^ Parmar, Belinda (27 November 2015). "The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies". Harvard Business Review.
  4. ^ a b Sarner, Moya (15 March 2018). "Meet the tech evangelist who now fears for our mental health". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Robertson, Andy. "Little Miss Geek Campaign Offers Tech Inspiration for Girls". Forbes.
  6. ^ Niranjan, Ajit (28 July 2014). "We don't really understand empathy, but we know business could do with a little more". New Statesman.