Just Say No

This is the best article on the application of Intelligent Disobedience by guide dogs that I have encountered. Read it and see how many parallels you can draw between the teamwork exhibited by the dog and the blind person it is guiding, and excellent follower-leader partnerships:

Sally and her German Shepherd guide dog stroll along the same wooded path each morning. One night, a thunderstorm knocked down a large tree branch, which was left hanging four feet over the path. Although the dog could easily fit under the fallen branch, he stopped. Sally issued the command, “forward,” but the dog refused to take another step. Sally reached out with her hands and touched the tree branch. She praised her dog, then the team turned and walked back the way they came.(… read more …)