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PS ≠ Comfortable

Jade Garratt · Models & Critique, Voice & Silence

Argues that psychological safety does not mean feeling comfortable — particularly for leaders. If PS is working, uncomfortable things will be said. The work is to make the conditions for that honesty possible, not to minimise the discomfort of hearing it.

Connected concepts (8)

• Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascos (paper)
• Conflict & Holding Environments
• Delivering Effective Feedback (Workshop)
• Interpersonal & Existential Threats
• The Limits of Psychological Safety: Nonlinear Relationships with Performance (paper)
• What PS is Not
• Comfort vs Need
• PS vs Safe Space