Has Psychological Safety Made Your Team More Fragile?
About this episode
Dr. Jeremy Pollack discusses the misconceptions surrounding psychological safety and its impact on team resilience.
Psychological safety has become one of the most talked-about ideas in leadership, but what if we've misunderstood it? In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Pollack explores how the popular interpretation of psychological safety may actually be making teams less resilient by encouraging conflict avoidance rather than healthy disagreement. Drawing from neuroscience, organizational psychology, and conflict research, he explains why real psychological safety isn't about eliminating discomfort; it's about b...
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