上周看的一篇文章了解到一个概念,Psychological
Safety,大致可翻译成「心理安全」。
文章标题是 What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the
Perfect Team,发表在 The
New York Times Magazine,具体内容这里可以找到,主要是
Google 内部一个研究高效团队有哪些共同点的项目(Project
Aristotle)得出的结论。
针对如何打造一个好团队,研究者分析了很多数据,但无法找到某种统一的决定性模式。无论团队成员的性格类型、技能和背景如何,大家生活上是好朋友还是公私分明私下无交集,是强管理还是扁平结构弱管理等,都存在成功的团队。
文中的一个例子我印象非常深刻:
Imagine you have been invited to join one of two
groups.
Team A is composed of people who are all
exceptionally smart and successful. When you watch a video of this group
working, you see professionals who wait until a topic arises in which
they are expert, and then they speak at length, explaining what the
group ought to do. When someone makes a side comment, the speaker stops,
reminds everyone of the agenda and pushes the meeting back on track.
This team is efficient. There is no idle chitchat or long debates. The
meeting ends as scheduled and disbands so everyone can get back to their
desks.
Team B is different. It’s evenly divided between
successful executives and middle managers with few professional
accomplishments. Teammates jump in and out of discussions. People
interject and complete one another’s thoughts. When a team member
abruptly changes the topic, the rest of the group follows him off the
agenda. At the end of the meeting, the meeting doesn’t actually end:
Everyone sits around to gossip and talk about their lives.
Which group would you rather join?