Dr. Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor and author of Fearless Organizations, has helped raise awareness of the importance of this dynamic. She shares that beyond trust, which is more of a person-to-person relationship dynamic, psychological safety is a dynamic found across the entire team. It’s what makes you feel okay about asking a seemingly silly question in front of your peers, being fully yourself with your teammates, and even feeling okay about challenging the team strategy and approaches in a respectful way.2
