With help from the unions, Anglo American leadership adopted a traditional South African method of conducting village assemblies, called lekgotla. As you will see, lekgotla seems to echo tenets and practices of psychological safety. Traditionally, in these assemblies (somewhat like meetings at Eileen Fisher), everyone sits in a circle and has a chance to speak without being interrupted or criticized; conversation continues for as long as it takes to reach consensus on whatever issue is at stake.24
