Psychological safety
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Definition
The condition in which team members can raise problems, admit errors, ask questions, and disagree without fear of humiliation or punishment.
Psychological safety in plain English
Tools don't adopt themselves — people do. A new process lands like a new phone OS: some users are excited, some are lost, some quietly revert. Psychological safety names a people/change pattern so you diagnose the human blocker instead of yelling "just follow the plan." Hold onto this precise job description: The condition in which team members can raise problems, admit errors, ask questions, and disagree without fear of humiliation or punishment. On a stem, name whether Psychological safety is about timing, ownership, measurement, or delivery style — then eliminate the answer that borrows a cousin concept from the wrong phase.
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