Re:How to disagree with someone more powerful than you (2016)
by tbrownaw on Saturday September 17, 2022 @06:48PM
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> If someone needs psychological safety before they are disagreed to, I say they need psychological help.
I think the point where this was mentioned feels like the author was looking for an excuse to use the current buzzwords. And I don't think it really fits.
It's a feature of the environment whether and to what degree "permission to speak freely" is a thing or not. Nothing to do with psychological safety at all.
(Not that psychological safety is a good concept; the discussion I see is all about perception of being safe to disagree, which is very much putting the cart before the horse of whether or not there are actual repercussions for disagreeing.)
I think the point where this was mentioned feels like the author was looking for an excuse to use the current buzzwords. And I don't think it really fits.
It's a feature of the environment whether and to what degree "permission to speak freely" is a thing or not. Nothing to do with psychological safety at all.
(Not that psychological safety is a good concept; the discussion I see is all about perception of being safe to disagree, which is very much putting the cart before the horse of whether or not there are actual repercussions for disagreeing.)