As mentioned previously in this column, we are most effective when we talk so other people will listen and when we listen so other people will talk. And not necessarily in that order. Call it whatever ...

A rare opportunity emerged recently over dinner to ask Harvard Professor Amy Edmondson how to create psychological safety in teams when the world feels so chaotic and uncertain. People are feeling ...

Since Harvard Business School’s Amy Edmondson applied the term “psychological safety” to work teams in 1999, the concept has evolved considerably as employers have become increasingly focused on ...

Last month, the Marshall School of Business at USC replaced a professor who used a Chinese word in class that sounds similar to a hideous racial slur in English. In a course on international business ...

Six misconceptions that have led organizations astray. by Amy C. Edmondson and Michaela J. Kerrissey Psychological safety, which means having an environment where people feel safe to speak up, was ...

Bransby, Derrick P., Michaela Kerrissey, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Paradise Lost (and Restored?): A Study of Psychological Safety over Time." Academy of Management Discoveries 11, no. 3 (September 2025): ...

Learn how to identify it and cultivate it on your team. You’re probably familiar with the term “psychological safety.” But do you know what it really means? HBR contributing editor and workplace ...