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.