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Deafening Silence
While a lack of psychological safety means a team is missing out on the opportunity to take risks and innovate (as I pointed out last week), when the lack of psychological safety becomes rampant, a much bigger risk develops. That risk is the deafening silence that descends on the organisation because no one will speak up.