The Shock & the Lever: Rethinking Leadership in Systems that Bruise

“Leadership that doesn’t confront the system risks becoming part of its design.” - Dr. Malik Muhammad

In a now-famous and horrible-to-imagine psychology experiment, dogs were placed in a cage where the floor periodically shocked them (Seligman & Overmier, 1967). At first, they learned to press a lever that would stop the shock. (Read full article here)