Through the Lens of Moral Safety
Dr. Sandra Bloom and Sarah Yanosy begin with the evolutionary purpose for morality and the inherent connection between moral development and relational influence. They delineate the struggles faced by a society in which moral absolutism thwarts efforts to account for the complexities of modern life, citing moral injury and distress as consequences often experienced by […]
Learned Helplessness and Disempowerment
Dr. Sandra Bloom and Sarah Yanosy teach the biological basis of learned helplessness and its inherent connection to traumatic experiences, whether in childhood or adulthood. Discussing learned helplessness in organizations, they associate bureaucratic, hierarchical systems with disempowered staff, and even observe the enactment of learned helplessness by the systems themselves – particularly in health and […]