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How Psychological Safety Actually Works
psychological safety may be the hardest to build. It’s certainly the rarest, because it involves totally rethinking how leaders and teams respond to divergent ideas and mistakes. In fact, how well a team handles mistakes is kind of how psychological safety was discovered in the first place.
David Burkus • Best Team Ever: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams
Psychological safety means, in Edmondson’s words, “no one will be punished or humiliated for errors, questions, or requests for help, in the service of reaching ambitious performance goals.”
Ozan Varol • Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
Psychological safety does not imply a cozy situation in which people are necessarily close friends. Nor does it suggest an absence of pressure or problems.
Brené Brown • Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
A culture that allows the concept of “safety” to creep so far that it equates emotional discomfort with physical danger is a culture that encourages people to systematically protect one another from the very experiences embedded in daily life that they need in order to become strong and healthy
Jonathan Haidt • The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
An atmosphere of psychological safety is essential for organizations who seek to foster innovative, happy, resilient teams.