153: Will Sentance - How Empathy Empowers Coding, Connection, and Communication

Transforming Work with Sophie Wade · Sep 18, 2025 · 56m

Will Sentance, Founder at Codesmith and Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, explores why empathy is a foundational skill in engineering. He explains how empathetic interactions are core to building software, teams, and the trust necessary to scale tech-based companies. Will reflects on Codesmith's mission to empower people through thoughtful communication in a non-hierarchical learning environment. He describes how empathy, as a relational tool, expands technologists' critical communication capabilities driving clarity and collaboration, propelling their careers.

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[00:26] Will is…