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Best Practice: Stories to Encourage Good, Avoid Evil

Michael Lee Stallard

This is a best practice to strengthen the positive effects of an organization’s identity (i.e. Check out this outstanding TED video of Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo speaking on the topic of how culture encourages or discourages evil. mission, values and reputation).

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Can We Reverse The Stanford Prison Experiment?

Harvard Business Review

When I met for lunch with Dr. Phil Zimbardo , the former president of the American Psychological Association, I knew him primarily as the mastermind behind The Stanford Prison Experiment. I asked Zimbardo, "Can you reverse the Stanford Prison Experiment?". We actually already know the answer: Positive Tickets.

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Maintaining Physical, Social and Mental Fitness for Peak Performance

Harvard Business Review

Another more positive example is that if we focus on positive reinforcement of effort, process, and learning, we can create a growth mindset. The statement implies purpose and intent, as well as ability for leaders to shift mindsets and create more positive outcomes. We are inherently social beings.