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The Dichotomy of Violent Urgency and Psychological Safety in Corporate Culture MMH · Learnings and Missteps by Depth Builder

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  do you think there's any value in violent urgency?
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  Or do you feel like it's all about psychological safety?
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  And I gotta confess, I do know the value of psychological safety.
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  And I also know how difficult it is to like, nurture it and sustain that environment.
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  And full confession here.
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  When I'm in like, go mode, and we gotta make something happen, the clock is ticking, the game is on the line, I am all about violent urgency.
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  So here's the thing though, it's not okay to preach psychological safety.
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  And always function in violent urgency.
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  And so what is violent urgency?
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  It's like, we ain't got time for excuses, we don't have a lot of time to think, and collaborate, and you know, kick some ideas around and brainstorm.
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  We gotta make shit happen.
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  And what I think is a lot of companies, want to believe, or maybe even aspire, to, to be a psychologically safe environment.
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  When their normal operating procedure is violent urgency.
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  I really don't think the violent urgency is sustainable long term, but I know it produces results.
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  And so, here's the question.
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  If you're all about violent urgency, why not just let everybody know, and come to terms with the fact that that's the game that you're playing?
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  You'll attract the people that fit into your culture.
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  Stop pretending that you have any interest psychologically safe environment.
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  Be cool, and we'll talk at you next time.
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  Peace!