A common misperception about #psychologicalsafety is that it means lowering standards, giving up on #accountability, or "everyone being wrapped in cotton wool."

I love a good 2 x 2 matrix... so here's mine, brought to life by @tnvora, #sketchnote artist supreme. Image
Clearly, the place to be is the upper right quadrant, where people are not afraid to have the #difficultconversations that bring real progress.

Those conversations flow upward as well as downward, in an atmosphere of respect that ALSO goes both ways.
This has been my periodic reminder re: what #psychologicalsafetyisnot. I've spilled a lot of ink on that subject; there are some sticky misperceptions there that are probably not going away.

But I hope this helps. And it does have an impressive ink-to-insight ratio :)
BTW, the "cotton wool" comment comes from @DanCable1.

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Mar 29, 2020
An excellent roundup that got me thinking about the difference between "either/or" thinking and "both/and thinking."

The former boxes us in; the latter is more uncomfortable but forces innovation. nyti.ms/3bgzD1U
1/x #corona
Either/or thinking goes like this: It goes like this: if we prioritize the economy, we are indifferent to the costs in human life. And if we prioritize public safety, we are living in some kind of dream world where we don’t need jobs and the exchange of goods and services.
2/x
It’s a false dichotomy, the idea that we have to choose between people and the economy. People make up the economy, and the economy serves and supports people, via compensation and community. You cannot really choose one over the other.
3/x
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