Amy Edmondson defines psychological safety as “a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking”. What kind of risks? Expressing ideas, concerns, feedback, etc, without fear of any kind of repercussions. The idea is that when everyone’s perspective is shared, the team can learn from all these perspectives and perform at its best.

Facilitating Feedback That’s Psychologically Safe

When the two groups were given a variety of puzzles, children in the second group were more likely to choose a harder puzzle. Dweck also found that praising the process made them more likely to feel confident in a task even if they made a mistake.

A psychotherapist says parents who raise confident, mentally strong kids always do these 3 things when praising their children

If the whole team is responsible for product success, not just getting things built, then the whole team understands and contributes to both kinds of work.

Dual Track Development is not Duel Track

Describing the whole from so many different angles illuminates the complex. By chronicling microinteractions, such as those between areas of hot and cold water or high and low pressure, we can see how changes in one aspect produce cascading change.

How Description Leads to Understanding