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Why Your 'Harmonious' Team Is Failing
Teams often confuse psychological safety with everyone getting along perfectly. I see leaders bragging about teams where nobody ever raises their voice, where meetings wrap up with everyone nodding…
Amy Edmondson from Harvard Business School defines psychological safety as “a belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes.” You can say “I think that’s wrong” without worrying about getting sidelined Ideas get challenged based on what they are, not who said them People can admit when they screw up and learn from it Different viewpoints aren’t just tolerated; they’re encouraged Ideas get proper debate: I’ve watched two senior devs argue intensely about architecture, next day they were pair-programming like nothing happened.
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