A century ago, the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt foresaw that ours would be the age of “the great simplifiers”, and that the essence of tyranny was the denial of complexity. He was right. This is the single greatest temptation of the time. It is the great corruptor and must be resisted with purpose and with energy.’ Professor emeritus Robert Stake in his memoir Measuring Education, 2023
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Glow helps organizations see and strengthen the care their systems may overlook. A collective of ethicists, professionals, humanists, scholars and artists: a gentle, creative response to a turbulent society
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Artwork: Dan Christian Paduret
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The Problem
Care is what holds organizations like hospitals, schools and corporate institutions together. It is also what budgets, dashboards and quality metrics rarely see. When it goes unseen, it wears thin: teams carry moral distress alone, good people leave, and what matters most to clients slips through the record.
We ask one question with the organizations we work with: how do we actually care for what we say we want to protect?
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The Problem
Care is what holds organizations like hospitals, schools and corporate institutions together. It is also what budgets, dashboards and quality metrics rarely see. When it goes unseen, it wears thin: teams carry moral distress alone, good people leave, and what matters most to clients slips through the record.
We ask one question with the organizations we work with: how do we actually care for what we say we want to protect?
What we do
Glow works where ethics, the arts and everyday care meet. We help teams slow down, discern what is happening, and act with even more care, for patients and for each other.- Reflective practice for professional and leadership teams
- Ethics Studios on moral distress, ethical climate and difficult decisions
- Care inquiry: a close study of what really happens in a unit or program, including what the metrics miss. We give them depth and color
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Two ways in
For organizations. Bring Glow to your team, unit or company. Every engagement is led by trained Glow associates and shaped around your setting. → Book a conversationFor people. Join a community of people who live and work with care. Take part in monthly Rounds, reflect at your own pace, and meet in person once a year. Membership is pay-what-you-can and free for students. → Join the collective
Why Glow is different
- We see what metrics miss and give them color. Our methods to understand human experience come from care ethics and rigorous research, so we can describe and connect with metrics through real world experience.
- We bring the arts and humanities in. Art, writing and poetic knowing help people notice what words and numbers may flatten.
- We come from care. Our associates are well-trained professionals, scholars and artists.
- What you pay sustains a collective. Fees from our work support the Glow collective, keeping it open to students and anyone facing financial hardship.
Let's talk about the care in your organization. A first conversation is free and may take 30 minutes. → Book a conversation
Supported by Drew University’s Health Humanities, the Dutch sister Gloed and apophatic.art.