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What happened after the Monkeys and Ice water spray experiment?

Most of us have heard of the Monkey, Banana, and Water spray experiment. Is there a chance of a better ending? How can companies transform employee behavior when caught in this vicious cycle? 1) Change the standards A major lesson from history is that no heroes are responsible for their success. Not entirely. The factor that governs what it means to be successful is the prevailing standards. The culture just follows suit. I wrote this poem a few months back. The play of chance, the hand of times Distracts our eyes from what it hides Hunter in an Industrial Age Writer facing the Dinosaur's rage Flip the centuries, the Heroes fall Yet the world is snared by illusion's trawl All we know is the scale of standards Pity what’s different, judge what threatens Fear the outlaws or discredit with slanders Worship the Heroes, scorn the strays And continue till time tilts the scales The crux is, the company is still in charge of introducing the variables into the exper...