# Organisational Fabric

*Tom Geraghty · Complexity & Systems, Organisational Design*

Argues psychological safety is not only a team phenomenon but a property of all groups and inter-group relationships. Introduces the concept of organisational fabric — the connective tissue between teams — and what happens when isolated high-performing bubbles can't share.

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## Connected concepts (21)

- [Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/ostrom-1990.md) (paper)
- [High-Quality Relationships, Psychological Safety, and Learning from Failures in Work Organizations](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/carmeli-gittell-2009.md) (paper)
- [Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/meadows-1999.md) (paper)
- [CIA Sabotage Field Manual](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/cia-simple-sabotage-field-manual.md)
- [Complexity](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/complexity.md)
- [Emergence & Dynamics of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-emergence-and-dynamics-of-psychological-safety-over-time.md)
- [Shared Leadership in Multiteam Systems: How Cockpit and Cabin Crews Lead Each Other to Safety](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/bienefeld-grote-2014.md) (paper)
- [Structure & Power](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-53-structure-and-power.md)
- [Team Charters](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-80-team-charters.md)
- [180 Factors of Transformation](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/organisational-and-digital-transformation-an-incomplete-list-of-factors.md)
- [Conway's Law](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-conways-law.md)
- [Digital Transformation & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/digital-transformation-and-psychological-safety.md)
- [Dunbar's Number & Team Size](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-82-dunbars-number-and-team-size.md)
- [Making Work Visible](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-67-making-work-visible.md)
- [PS in Remote Teams](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-in-remote-teams.md)
- [Reflections Pt 4: A Rights-Based Approach](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/reflections-part-four.md)
- [Sociotechnical Theory](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/sociotechnical-theory.md)
- [Spectra of Participation](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/spectra-of-participation.md)
- [Theory of Constraints](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-theory-of-constraints.md)
- [Colution](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/colution.md)
- [The PS Knowledge Map](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-psych-safety-knowledge-map.md)