# Reflections Pt 1: The Power of Naming

*Tom Geraghty · History & Foundations, Stories & Cases*

Part one of a four-part reflections series on five years building psychsafety.com. Examines the power and peril of naming — how popularisation stretches and sometimes inverts a concept's meaning — and what epistemic drift has done to psychological safety.

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- **Interactive map:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/?node=five-years

## Connected concepts (7)

- [What is PS?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/about-psychological-safety.md)
- [History of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-history-of-psychological-safety.md)
- [Definition of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-definition-of-psychological-safety.md)
- [Weaponisation of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-65-weaponisation-of-psychological-safety.md)
- [About Psych Safety](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/about.md)
- [Reflections Pt 2: Power & Difference](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/reflections-part-two.md)
- [Reflections Pt 4: A Rights-Based Approach](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/reflections-part-four.md)