Hardiness with Dr Paul Taylor Mojo Monday - What it Really Means to be Psychologically Safe (and What It Doesn't) With Carly Taylor)
Nov 30, 2025
Carly explores the true essence of psychological safety, emphasizing that it’s not about comfort but encouraging honest dialogue and learning from mistakes. She discusses how the meaning has shifted towards avoidance, particularly in educational settings. The podcast recalls the value of debate in universities and how embracing discomfort is essential for growth. Carly argues that resilience and confidence develop by tackling challenges head-on, promoting a culture of learning that values discomfort as a catalyst for personal development.
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Psychological Safety Is About Learning
- Psychological safety originally meant fostering learning, not comfort or avoidance.
- Teams with high psychological safety ask questions, own mistakes, and learn together.
Concept Creep Has Distorted Safety
- The meaning of safety has drifted into protecting comfort and avoiding disagreement.
- Concept creep labels everyday discomforts as threats, which shuts down debate and growth.
University Debate Used To Be Normal
- Universities once normalized lively disagreement where students could argue and remain friends afterward.
- Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff documented a shift toward treating some ideas as harmful rather than wrong.
