Can we teach empathy, especially to adults?

An important question of the modern age.

Can we teach empathy? And if so, how do we do it? I was having this conversation with my wife last night -- before I launched into "Sweat B" of P90x, naitch -- about something I feel like I write about a lot (too much?) on this blog, i.e. the notion that traditional ideas about management (deliverables, paying dues, no friendship between managers and em…