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Measuring PS

Tom Geraghty · Measurement

Examines the epistemology and practice of measuring psychological safety: what surveys actually capture, why averages obscure the least safe person, and how the act of measurement itself shapes what gets valued. Advises caution and qualitative approaches over metric fixation.

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