Least Safe Person

Tom Geraghty · Voice & Silence, Measurement, Politics, Diversity & Equity

Argues a team is only as safe as the least safe person — and that measuring PS as an average actively hides the outlier who is suffering. Uses a bridge analogy to challenge the common practice of representing team safety as a mean score that masks individual experience.

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Connected concepts (14)

Calculus of Voice
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Principles of Ethical Measurement
PS, Inclusion & Politics
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Why Status Matters for Inequality (paper)
Barriers to PS
Measuring PS
PS Quadrant
Streetlight Effect
Team Charters