---
id: "entity-catalyst"
type: "entity"
entityType: "organization"
canonicalName: "Catalyst"
aliases: []
source_timestamps: ["§ When Empathy Goes"]
tags: ["research-organization", "innovation-data", "nonprofit"]
related: ["claim-empathy-drives-innovation"]
sources: ["adoption"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-adoption"
originDay: 9
articleStem: "hbr-edu-42-empathetic-leadership-ai-adoption"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/04/empathetic-leadership-can-make-or-break-ai-adoption"
sourceTitle: "Empathetic Leadership Can Make or Break AI Adoption"
---
# Catalyst

**Role in this source:** Data provider — cited for a 2021 survey linking empathy to innovation.

**Profile:** Catalyst is a nonprofit research organization focused on inclusive workplaces. Its 2021 study ('Why empathy is important in the workplace') found **61%** of employees with empathic managers reported innovating at work, compared to only **13%** of employees with unempathetic managers — the quantitative backbone of [[claim-empathy-drives-innovation]] and the reframe [[contrarian-empathy-as-technical-prerequisite]].

**Enrichment / confidence:** Direction and rough magnitude are supported by Catalyst's work and by broader organizational-behavior research linking leader support to creativity/innovation. **Canonical reference:** catalyst.org.