Amy Edmondson, professor at Harvard Business School, first identified the concept of psychological safety in work teams in 1999. Since then, she has observed how companies with a trusting ...

However, by getting smarter about how you orient team members—and adapting Edmondson’s exercise for your own team—everyone will be inspired to collaborate on exciting new ideas.

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. Her latest book is Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well (Atria Books, 2023).