Psychological Safety
Psychological safety is the ability to show and employ oneself without fear of negative consequences of self-image, status, or career. It can be defined as a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking. In psychologically safe teams, team members feel accepted and respected.
There once was young warrior who had to battle fear.
"How can I defeat you?" she asked.
Fear replied:
My weapons are that I talk fast.
I get very close to your face.
Then you get completely unnerved.
And do whatever I say.
If you don't do what I tell you
I have no power.… Show more
Believing we’re separate, we seek control to remain safe. Releasing that belief, we discover our safety always lies in cooperation.
The term “psychological safety” has been around since at least 1999, when Dr. Amy Edmondson of Harvard University published this influential paper on the subject . In her study, Dr. Edmondson proposed that regardless of its makeup, a team’s success will largely boil down to its members “tacit beliefs about interpersonal interaction, ” and whe
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Psychology research is clear that the most reliable way to overcome psychological pain and discomfort is not to avoid it; it’s to gradually dimish the effects of discomfort by systematic exposure. “Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it,” write Haidt and Lukianoff.
In other words, the more you face cognitive friction, the bet
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