Justin G. Cobb

Justin G. Cobb

The Great Unlearning

How Healing Becomes the Most Radical Form of Leadership

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Justin G. Cobb
Dec 18, 2025
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A vibrant split-panel digital collage with a purple-to-orange gradient background. Across the top half, a large crowd of silhouetted people stand with raised fists and megaphones, symbolizing collective action and grassroots power. Surrounding them are black line-art icons representing creativity and human expression: comedy masks, paintbrushes, pencils, books, open hands, a heart with a medical cross, mathematical symbols, gears, pottery, dance, writing utensils, a crescent moon, a paint palette, paper cranes, a beaker, and an atom symbol.  On the bottom half, more icons highlight music and culture: musical notes, bongo drums, dancers, a vinyl record, a microphone, a movie clapperboard, speakers, comedy and theater masks, and a globe wrapped in interconnected lines. A small black bird stands near the center-top of the lower section, symbolizing freedom, and a simple robot icon sits near the right side, representing technology and the future.  On the left, a ghostly white demon figure with horns and muscular anatomy rises from swirling smoke, reaching outward with clawed hands—symbolizing oppressive systems attempting to influence or control. The smoke drifts upward through the collage, blending with the crowd imagery to show tension between domination and human creativity, expression, and liberation.

Final Essay in the 7-Part Leadership Series by Justin G. Cobb

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