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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.

Connected concepts (12)

• Who Gets to Decide if PS Matters?
• A game of adoption – but playing by whose rules? (paper)
• Why Foster PS?
• Benefits of PS
• Conflict & Holding Environments
• I Can Say Whatever I Want
• The Limits of Psychological Safety: Nonlinear Relationships with Performance (paper)
• Can a Team Be Too Safe?
• Comfort vs Need
• PS vs Safe Space
• Reflections Pt 3: The Safety to Dissent
• We Don't Need PS