The Stable Pony Effect: Like Elite Racehorses, We Can’t Thrive at Work Without a Supportive Team

“Go, go, go!” It’s Might 2018 and, from my couch, I’m wildly cheering on an impressive brown horse named Justify as he wins the Kentucky Derby. I picked Justify for the win in a no-stakes wager with my husband Dan, realizing nothing extra about horse-betting than Justify was quick, huge and exquisite. Feeling proud and gloat-worthy, I popped open my laptop computer to look Google for the reason why my uneducated choose proved to be so smart. What I discovered—which continues to thrill me to no finish—had been tales about Sunny, Justify’s steady pony.