# High Performing Teams

*Tom Geraghty · History & Foundations, Models & Critique*

Examines what makes teams high-performing and the evidence for psychological safety as the foundational condition — not a nice-to-have. Maps PS to each element of team performance: ideas, questions, concerns, mistakes, and challenges.

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## Connected concepts (18)

- [Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/march-1991.md) (paper)
- [Psychological Safety: A Meta-Analytic Review and Extension](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/frazier-et-al-2017.md) (paper)
- [What is PS?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/about-psychological-safety.md)
- [A Strategic View of Team Learning in Organizations](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/harvey-bresman-edmondson-pisano-2022.md) (paper)
- [The Dynamics of Team Learning: Harmony and Rhythm in Teamwork Arrangements for Innovation](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/harvey-et-al-2023.md) (paper)
- [Cognition-Based and Affect-Based Trust as Mediators of Leader Behavior Influences on Team Performance](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/schaubroeck-lam-peng-2011.md) (paper)
- [Joint Problem-Solving Orientation in Fluid Cross-Boundary Teams](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/kerrissey-mayo-edmondson-2021.md) (paper)
- [PS Isn't Enough](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-isnt-enough.md)
- [The Discipline of Teams](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/katzenbach-smith-1993.md) (paper)
- [The Dynamics of Team Learning: Harmony and Rhythm in Teamwork Arrangements for Innovation](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/harvey-cromwell-johnson-edmondson-2023.md) (paper)
- [Benefits of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/benefits-of-psychological-safety.md)
- [How Psychological Safety Affects Team Performance: Mediating Role of Efficacy and Learning Behavior](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/kim-lee-connerton-2020.md) (paper)
- [Into the Fray: Adaptive Approaches to Studying Novel Teamwork Forms](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/kerrissey-satterstrom-edmondson-2020.md) (paper)
- [Project Aristotle](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/googles-project-aristotle.md)
- [PS is Not the Goal](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-is-not-the-goal.md)
- [PS Quadrant](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-team-performance-exercise.md)
- [Team Learning in the Field: An Organizing Framework and Avenues for Future Research](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/harvey-edmondson-2025.md) (paper)
- [Googlers, Tigers & Elephants](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-46-google-grout-tigers-and-elephants.md)