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How Psychological Safety Actually Works
I've been reflecting a lot on the importance of psychological safety in the workplace lately. It’s a critical foundation for fostering trust, innovation, and collaboration. In Radical Candor, I talk about how creating a safe environment starts with caring personally and challenging directly. When people feel psychologically safe, they’re more
... See morepsychological 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—the belief that we won’t be punished or ridiculed when we make a mistake—makes us more open-minded, resilient, motivated, and persistent.