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Sheepwalking

Posted by: Cameron Paterson | June 3, 2009 | No Comment |



In Seth Godin’s book Tribes he defines sheepwalking as the outcome of hiring people who have been raised to be obedient and giving them brain-dead jobs and enough fear to keep them in line. How many sheepwalkers do you work with? Seth writes

Training a student to be a sheep is a lot easier than the alternative.  Teaching to the test, ensuring compliant behaviour, and using fear as a motivator are the easiest and fastest ways to get a kid through school.  So why does it surprise us that we graduate so many sheep?”

 

Embrace nonsheep behaviour and reward it.

 

 

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