Safe teams innovate.

Safe teams innovate. Scared teams don't.

I was on the "Nice to Know for CFO" podcast with Viktor Mendel and we agreed:

𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Here's the thing about change.
Different can be intimidating.
You create something new.
And that gets really scary.
People make mistakes.

But here's what successful leaders understand:

You need that culture where it's OK to experiment together.

Innovation happens when people feel safe to fail forward.

How do you make it safe for your team to try new things?

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