Don’t be that lead surgeon. Amy Edmondson, author and lead researcher behind the awareness of psychological safety, has receipts. In her books she talks about multiple studies performed in hospitals, specifically operating rooms. The thing with most surgeries is that they involve multiple disciplines – you’ve got nurses, anesthesiologists, etc – but historically the lead…
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