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How to Build Challenger Safety
Challenger safety makes it safe to challenge the status quo without risking your standing — how to build stage 4 in yourself, your team, and your organization.
Can you be candid about change at work? Challenger safety satisfies the basic human need to make things better — the license to challenge the status quo without retaliation or the risk of damaging your personal standing.
As the highest of The 4 Stages, challenger safety matches the increased vulnerability and personal risk that come with dissent. Tim and Junior discuss how to build it at three levels: individually, within a team, and across an organization — and why a speak-up culture starts with behavior, not slogans.
