# Too Much PS?

*Tom Geraghty · Models & Critique, Politics, Diversity & Equity*

Directly critiques the claim that teams can have too much psychological safety, examining a specific paper in OBHDP and the HBR article it generated. Argues the claim misrepresents the concept, fails intersectional and ethical scrutiny, and produces harmful misconceptions.

- **This page:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/can-workplaces-have-too-much-psychological-safety/
- **Read the full article on psychsafety.com:** https://psychsafety.com/can-workplaces-have-too-much-psychological-safety/
- **Interactive map:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/?node=too-much-ps

## Connected concepts (12)

- [Who Gets to Decide if PS Matters?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/who-gets-to-decide-if-psychological-safety-matters.md)
- [A game of adoption – but playing by whose rules?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/busch-curseu-neessen-2026.md) (paper)
- [Why Foster PS?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/why-do-people-foster-psychological-safety.md)
- [Benefits of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/benefits-of-psychological-safety.md)
- [Conflict & Holding Environments](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-60-conflict-and-holding-environments.md)
- [I Can Say Whatever I Want](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/i-can-say-whatever-i-want.md)
- [The Limits of Psychological Safety: Nonlinear Relationships with Performance](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/eldor-hodor-cappelli-2023.md) (paper)
- [Can a Team Be Too Safe?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-83-can-a-team-be-too-psychologically-safe.md)
- [Comfort vs Need](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/comfort-vs-need.md)
- [PS vs Safe Space](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-vs-a-safe-space.md)
- [Reflections Pt 3: The Safety to Dissent](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/reflections-part-three.md)
- [We Don't Need PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/we-dont-need-psychological-safety.md)